Swan-Ganz / PA Catheter

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	Jan 11 2011, 12:54 PM EST	AndyC		edit	20 words added 1 image added 1 image deleted
Change: Swan-Ganz / PA CatheterDeveloped and named by Doctors Jeremy Swan and William Ganz from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.Often called a Pulmonary Artery (PA) Catheter as well, is inserted via the subclavian or jugular View changes from previous version. (Word count: 356)
	Jul 16 2006, 10:49 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	3 words added 5 words deleted
Change: it can measureartery it can measure the Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PA systolic)Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure (PA diastolic)By advancing the catheter tip further into the pulmonary artery until it wedges in a View changes from previous version. (Word count: 340)
	Jul 16 2006, 10:47 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	1 image added 1 image deleted
Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 342)
	Jul 16 2006, 10:46 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	1 image added
Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 342)
	Jul 14 2006, 11:33 AM EDT	AndyC	Rename	rename	No content added or deleted.
Change: Renamed from Swan-Ganz Catheter by AndyC Jul 14 2006, 11:33 AM EDT for: Rename
	Jul 14 2006, 11:28 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	9 words added 1 word deleted
Change: Often called a Pulmonary Artery (PA) Catheter as well, is inserted via the subclavian or jugular veins. It is advanced through the right atrium and right ventricle, and out of the right side of the heart to sit in the main pulmonary artery.The catheter may have View changes from previous version. (Word count: 342)
	Jul 13 2006, 11:12 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	40 words added
Change: chambers into the pulmonary artery.Secondly, each chamber of the heart and the associated great vessels generate pressure waveforms which are characteristic. When appropriate pressure waveform is visualized on a pressure monitor during insertion, catheter tip location within the right heart anatomy may be determined. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 334)
	Jul 13 2006, 11:10 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	83 words added
Change: Generall fluoroscopy is not required for insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter for two reasons. Firstly, the catheter has a flow directed capability which is provided View changes from previous version. (Word count: 294)
	Jul 13 2006, 11:05 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	150 words added
Change: By advancing the catheter tip further into the pulmonary artery until it wedges in a distal branch, virtual or reflective left heart pressure may be View changes from previous version. (Word count: 209)
	Jul 13 2006, 10:56 AM EDT	AndyC		edit	58 words added
Change: the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.It is inserted via the subclavian or jugular veins. It is advanced through the right atrium and right ventricle, and out of the right side of the heart to sit in the main pulmonary artery.The catheter may have five or six lumens. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 59)
	Jul 13 2006, 10:50 AM EDT	AndyC		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by AndyC Jul 13 2006, 10:50 AM EDT for: no reason given

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