Invasive hemodynamic monitoring the aftermath of the ESCAPE trial.
The Swan-Ganz catheter was developed 35 to 40 years ago for intensive and cardiac care units to allow bedside placement and continuous monitoring and recording of right-sided heart, pulmonary artery, and wedge pressures and reasonably accurate determinations of cardiac output. Considerations for the clinical application of this balloon-tip, flow-directed, multilumen, thermodilution pulmonary artery catheter in the post-ESCAPE era are presented.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. carl.leier@osumc.edu
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D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000266:history; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013815:Thermodilution