Pulmonary wedge pressure
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pulmonary-wedge-pressure-251-944797
title:
Pulmonary wedge pressure
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The pulmonary wedge pressure (PWP) is the pressure measured by wedging a pulmonary artery catheter with an inflated balloon into a small pulmonary arterial branch. It estimates the left atrial pressure. Pulmonary venous wedge pressure (PVWP) is not synonymous with the above; PVWP has been shown to correlate with pulmonary artery pressures in studies, albeit unreliably. Physiologically, distinctions can be drawn among pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, pulmonary venous
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Estimation of pressure in the heart
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_wedge_pressure
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2023-06-19T03:07:25Z
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