Role of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-248

  Kahwash, Rami ^a   Leier, Carl V ^a   Miller, Leslie ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Decompensated heart failure; Management of heart failure; Pulmonary artery catheter; Swan Ganz catheter

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 60749105310     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.12.002     Document Type: Review

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