title: Cardiovascular monitoring of patients with pulmonary disease.
abstract: Assessing cardiac function in patients with pulmonary disease requires knowledge of cardiac loading conditions, which can be obtained if the practitioner is aware of physiologic and technical factors that can affect observed pressures and flows. Only with proper care in measuring and interpreting these parameters can therapeutic decisions be made confidently for these patients.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D002196:Capillaries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000592:standards; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013815:Thermodilution; D014159:Transducers