Bedside angiography of the lung by Swan-Ganz catheter. A case report.
A Swan-Ganz catheter, employed for haemodynamic monitoring, was put to a use not described previously. Pulmonary angiography was performed through the catheter at the bedside with minimal discomfort or complication. In this case it was possible to determine that a lung abscess was responsible for a translucency in the right lower lobe. This was subsequently confirmed at postmortem examination.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008722:Methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography