Con: Preinduction Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placement Is Advisable in Patients With Right Ventricular Dysfunction Secondary to Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Jennifer Hargrave

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.002

Con: Preinduction Pulmonary Artery Catheter Placement Is Advisable in Patients With Right Ventricular Dysfunction Secondary to Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Aug;31(4):1514-1518. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 2.

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Jennifer Hargrave¹

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¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Anesthesia Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: hargraj@ccf.org.

PMID: 28800996
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.002

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Keywords: anesthesia induction; induction hemodynamic instability; pulmonary artery catheter; pulmonary hypertension; right ventricular dysfunction.

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Catheterization, Swan-Ganz
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Artery*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right*
Ventricular Function, Right