Pulmonary artery catheterization in heart failure patients has unexpectedly grown more common in recent years, with no clear explanation for the trend, a new study shows. About three-quarters of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new study highlighted a significant increase in the use of pulmonary artery catheters in patients with HF in ...

Hospitalized patients with severe congestive heart failure did not experience a benefit from use of pulmonary artery catheterization, but had more adverse events, according to a study in the October 5 ...

Use of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) for hemodynamic monitoring in patients with severe heart failure is controversial, partly because its effect on patients' outcomes is uncertain. The Evaluation ...

Warren A. Zuckerman, Mariel E. Turner, Jason Kerstein, Alejandro Torres, Julie A. Vincent, Usha Krishnan, Diane Kerstein, Erika B. Rosenzweig Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 2013), pp.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using a pulmonary artery catheter to help manage patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute heart failure was ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the relationship between pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use and clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery patients, focusing on ...

The use of the pulmonary artery catheter has gone down by 65 percent in the U.S. probably due to evidence that it does not reduce the risk of death for hospitalized patients. A study conducted between ...

The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...

Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...