title: Simplified method of intraoperative pulmonary artery flow-directed catheter insertion during cardiac surgery.
abstract: The importance of accurate perioperative hemodynamic monitoring in cardiac surgery has been emphasized in recent years. We describe a technique for the intraoperative insertion of a flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter. This method is done under direct vision and avoids many of the complications associated with percutaneous insertion techniques.
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011651:Pulmonary Artery