Less often, this assessment is made, using a pulmonary arterial catheter. Patients at particular risk for postoperative PHTN can be identified preoperatively based on their cardiac disease and can ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs. Learn how it happens, including ...

Investigators used 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to search for differences between pulmonary artery (PA) ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has issued its first Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) to create more streamlined and efficient processes to implement best practices in patient care. This CCG ...

St. David's in Austin is the first in country to use new dual catheter to fix heart flutter and AFib at the same time.

Pulmonary hypertension is a common consequence of interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), with the highest rate seen among ...

To monitor cardiac output (CO), a pulmonary artery catheter was inserted. Initial CO was 9.2 L/min (normal CO = 4–8 L/min), and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) was 27 mm Hg (normal ...

Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure was measured by Millar catheter immediately after implantation, and 3 and 6 months later, for comparison with readings from the wireless device. The standard ...

CT scan-assessed high right ventricle-left ventricle ratio of the heart predicts major adverse cardiovascular events in PH ...

In the human model, 38 patients with PAH underwent 18 F-FAPI PET imaging, with right heart catheterization and ... 18 F-FAPI in the right heart and pulmonary artery of patients decreased ...

Surgical open recanalization in particular, but also the new, promising catheter-based procedures ... for the treatment of ...

These treatment options are listed as follows: Balloon angioplasty. During this procedure, your doctor places a tiny, soft plastic tube called a catheter into the artery, usually in the groin, and ...