Problems in the detection of acute severe mitral insufficiency using flow-directed catheters.
A case of acute severe mitral insufficiency is described wherein bedside Swan-Ganz right heart catheterization failed to established the diagnosis. Emphasis is given to problems inherent in recording the diagnostic large dominant V-waves with this technique, and to the necessity of resolving conflicting measurements with conventional cardiac catheterization.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology