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Catheterization, Swan-Ganz

"Catheterization, Swan-Ganz" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Placement of a balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery through the antecubital, subclavian, and sometimes the femoral vein. It is used to measure pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure which reflects left atrial pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. The catheter is threaded into the right atrium, the balloon is inflated and the catheter follows the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and out into the pulmonary artery.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Catheterization, Swan-Ganz" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Catheterization, Swan-Ganz" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 55 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005 and 2006
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