Patients who receive pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) after cardiac surgery have significantly reduced risk for 1-year mortality.

However, clinical improvement in certain cases may be striking despite little or no change on cardiac catheterization. Although the mean pulmonary-artery pressure declined in all but 2 patients ...

Background: The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is used for hemodynamic monitoring, but its impact on patient outcomes, especially in cardiogenic shock (CS), is controversial. Several studies have ...

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The authors reviewed insertion sites and techniques to ensure catheters reach the appropriate pulmonary ... The peak systolic ...

On one occasion when the tip of the catheter moved into the pulmonary artery, 12 to 15 volts were necessary for stimulation. One may assume that at that time conduction occurred via both the mass ...

In this study, a mechanical aspiration thrombectomy uses a catheter-like vacuum to remove blood clots. “Pulmonary embolism is ...