New technique for right heart catheterization using a Mullins' sheath.
A new technique for right heart catheterization using a Mullins' sheath is described. This device allows a Swan-Ganz catheter to reach pulmonary artery position easily and permits simultaneous pressure recordings in right heart chambers, thus avoiding a double venous puncture and two catheters. This new technique, its indications, and our experience in 29 patients are described. It is most useful in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and in those conditions in which accurate right heart pressure measurements are needed.
Tascón Pérez
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JC
Laboratorio de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Delgado Jiménez
J F
JF
Gomez Pajuelo
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C
Albarran Gonzalez
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Llovet Verdugo
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A
Kabbani
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Dussac
J A
JA
D001937:Brassica; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000506:poisoning; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis
D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil