Pulmonary Artery Catheterization: eMedicine Cardiology

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Pulmonary Artery Catheterization: eMedicine Cardiology

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Overview: The flow-directed balloon-tipped pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) (also known as the Swan-Ganz or right heart catheter) has been in clinical use for more than 30 years. Initially developed for the management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), it ...

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Tags: Circulation, Heart, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Cardiology, Pulmonology

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Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 9:58 pm By:

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Who is a candidate for pulmonary artery catheterization & why is it performed? http://bit.ly/bwUXdn

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Pulmonic Regurgitation: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The pulmonic valve is normally a thin tricuspid structure that prevents blood from regurgitating into the right ventricle once ejected into the low-pressure pulmonary circulation. Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle during diastole. http://bit.ly/bPIsVD

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Pulmonic Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pulmonic stenosis (PS) refers to a dynamic or fixed anatomic obstruction to flow from the right ventricle (RV) to the pulmonary arterial vasculature. Although most commonly diagnosed and treated in the pediatric population, individuals with complex ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Blood flow obstruction in the right ventricle to the pulmonary arterial vasculature is pulmonic stenosis. Learn more. http://bit.ly/bmtFi5

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