Boca Raton, FL - Use of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in patients with acute decompensated heart failure can sharpen titration of diuretic and vasodilator therapy enough to prevent in-hospital ...

Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) across North America appears to depend more on the habits and preferences of treating physicians and institutions than it ...

Emergency physicians must often make assessments of complex hemodynamic parameters. To assess the utility of impedance cardiography (ICG) in the emergency department, the authors examined treating ...

Pulmonary artery catheterization in heart failure patients has unexpectedly grown more common in recent years, with no clear explanation for the trend, a new study shows. About three-quarters of the ...

We evaluated the relationship of benefits and risks of PACs in 1000 patients with established acute lung injury in a randomized trial comparing hemodynamic management guided by a PAC with hemodynamic ...

Advanced imaging, like 4D-flow CMR, aids in understanding PA remodeling in different PH subtypes, offering non-invasive differentiation. PAH patients exhibit distinct PA flow characteristics, ...

SELECTIVE coronary angiography has become an invaluable means of distinguishing syndromes due to coronary-artery disease from those arising from other causes. Though much speculation has been made ...

Hemodynamics-Led Thrombolysis (HLT) allows Physicians to Personalize the Treatment of Blood Clots in the Lungs utilizing Real-Time Pulmonary Artery Pressure. We believe this innovation has the ...