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The pulmonary artery catheter [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2002
The pulmonary artery catheter directly measures cardiac output, pulmonary artery pressures and the oxygen saturations of blood through the heart and in the pulmonary arteries. The mixed venous oxygen saturation enables an estimate of the oxygen supply/demand balance to be made.
Maribel, Manikon, Micheal, Grounds, Rhodes, Andrew   +2 more
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Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma Diagnosed Preoperatively by Endovascular Biopsy and Treated via Right Pneumonectomy and Pulmonary Arterioplasty

Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2021
Introduction. Intimal sarcoma is a very rare tumor arising within the intima of the pulmonary artery. Preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma is difficult, and the tumor is sometimes misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism.
Daiki Kato, Shohei Mori, Eriko Harada, Rintaro Shigemori, Takamasa Shibazaki, Hideki Matsudaira, Jun Hirano, Hirokazu Ashida, Hiroko Kimura, Michio Yoshitake, Takashi Kunihara, Takashi Ohtsuka   +11 more
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A unique case of pulmonary artery catheter bleeding from the oximetry connection port

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2014
Pulmonary artery catheter is an invasive monitor usually placed in high-risk cardiac surgical patients to optimize the cardiac functions. We present this case of blood oozing from the oximetry connection port of the pulmonary artery catheter that ...
Suman Rajagopalan, Raja R. Palvadi
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Surgical treatment of pinch-off syndrome: A hybrid technique combining cone-beam computed tomography-guided targeting and surgical removal of catheter remnant

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Pinch-off syndrome is a rare complication associated with central venous catheters in which the tip of the catheter breaks off, usually in the cardiac chamber or pulmonary artery.
Chang Hun Kim, Sung Kwnag Lee, Do Hyung Kim   +2 more
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Ruptura da artéria pulmonar pelo cateter de Swan-Ganz: relato de caso Pulmonary artery rupture by the Swan-Ganz catheter: case report

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2009
O cateter de artéria pulmonar é frequentemente usado na monitorização de pacientes durante o transplante hepático. O advento de métodos menos invasivos para estimar o débito cardíaco e a pressão de oclusão da artéria pulmonar, aliado ao fracasso de ...
Marcos Coutinho Schechter, Eduardo Della Valle Prezzi, Gustavo Cabral, Eduardo Souza Martins Fernandes, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna   +4 more
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Successful Retrieval of a Dismembered Central Venous Catheter Stuck to the Right Pulmonary Artery Using a Stepwise Approach

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2016
Recent advances in anticancer chemotherapy have resulted in an increase in the number of patients requiring a central venous port catheter, and the incidence of catheter pinch-off syndrome has been increasing.
Keisuke Nakabayashi, Hidekimi Nomura, Daichi Isomura, Ryo Sugiura, Toshiaki Oka   +4 more
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Detection of patent ductus arteriosus with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a patient undergoing closure of coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula

JA Clinical Reports, 2017
Background Coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula is an unusual vascular anomaly, and the shunt ratio of this fistula is usually small. Case presentation We report anesthetic management of a 55-year-old female with annuloaortic ectasia, aortic valve
Yuka Miyata, Yukio Hayashi
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Efficacy and safety of guide extension catheter in balloon pulmonary angioplasty for treatment of complex lesions in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundBalloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is used for treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) to improve hemodynamics, right ventricular ...
Masao Takigami, Naohiko Nakanishi, Hideo Tsubata, Kuniyoshi Fukai, Yuki Matsubara, Kenji Yanishi, Kan Zen, Takeshi Nakamura, Satoaki Matoba   +8 more
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A 23-year-old man with left lung atelectasis treated with a targeted segmental recruitment maneuver: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background Lung atelectasis are nonventilated parts of lung tissue and occur as a result of the collapse of the pulmonary parenchyma (alveoli). Various therapeutic procedures for inflating the collapsed pulmonary parenchyma, such as bronchial aspiration ...
Alen Protić, Matej Bura, Kazimir Juričić   +2 more
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Pulmonary artery catheter-directed thrombolysis for intermediate high risk acute pulmonary embolism

Lung India, 2017
A case of 60-year-old male with acute pulmonary embolism without hypotension but signs of right ventricular dysfunction and elevated cardiac biomarkers is reported in this study.
Abhijeet Singh, Ayush Gupta, Jagdish Chander Suri   +2 more
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