title: Simple method to monitor pulmonary artery pressure in infants after cardiac operations.
abstract: Intraoperative placement of catheters to monitor pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac output by oximetry can easily be accomplished under direct vision. The insertion through a saphenous vein cutdown assures a much safer removal, eliminating the risk of bleeding, tamponade, and catheter entrapment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822-1343.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dietl
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*