title: Transfemoral balloon catheterization for hepatic wedge pressure measurements.
abstract: A method for obtaining wedged hepatic venous pressures with a balloon catheter is described. The catheter is introduced percutaneously into the femoral vein. This method is easier to perform than the venous cutdown technique used with Swan-Ganz catheters, and the results are more representative of average parenchymal pressure than standard wedged catheter measurements are.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D014690:Venous Pressure