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swan-ganz catheter

Known as: pulmonary artery catheters, artery catheter pulmonary, catheters swan-ganz 
A hollow tube with a balloon or sail tip that is advanced into the pulmonary artery to measure right heart pressure and cardiac output, and enable… 
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Objective: Central venous catheters (CVCs) are conduits for drug infusions. Dead volumes of different CVC lumens vary… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) may be helpful in determining the etiology of shock, lactic acidosis, pulmonary edema… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
OBJECTIVE To survey physicians' attitudes toward the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) and to assess physicians' knowledge of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the utility of the right ventricular end-diastolic volume index (RVEDVI) as a method of preload assessment… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
ZusammenfassungDie Messung des Herzzeitvolumens (HZV) ist zur Überwachung und Therapiesteuerung von Risikopatienten und… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The inotropic effects of albumin were studied in 94 seriously injured patients who received an average of 14.5 transfusions, 9.2… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
In 60 patients in whom Swan-Ganz catheters apparently had been positioned correctly, the balloon was visualized by inflation with… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Serious complications of flow-directed, balloon-tipped pulmonary artery catheters are said to be uncommon. On reviewing the…