Pulmonary Wedge Pressure

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A randomized controlled trial of epoprostenol therapy for severe congestive heart failure: The Flolan International Randomized Survival Trial (FIRST). 
  • Acute hemodynamic changes after rapid intravenous bolus dosing of dexmedetomidine in pediatric heart transplant patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization. 
  • Acute hemodynamic effects of indigo carmine in the presence of compromised cardiac function. 
  • Arterial and central venous pressure monitoring. 
  • Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients. 
  • Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in Guillain-Barré syndrome. Therapeutic implications of Swan-Ganz monitoring. 
  • Cardiovascular effects of inhaled nitric oxide in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Changes in pulmonary artery pressure before and after left ventricular assist device implantation in patients utilizing remote haemodynamic monitoring. 
  • Changes in the lung after prolonged positive pressure ventilation in normal baboons. 
  • Clonidine in congestive heart failure: a vasodilator with negative inotropic effects. 
  • Combined interpretation of transesophageal echocardiography, electrocardiography, and pulmonary artery wedge waveform to detect myocardial ischemia. 
  • Comparative effectiveness and safety of drug therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Current practice for determining pulmonary capillary wedge pressure predisposes to serious errors in the classification of patients with pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. 
  • Effect of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Effect of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products on pulmonary function in group B streptococcal sepsis. 
  • Effects of fenoldopam on renal blood flow and systemic hemodynamics during isoflurane anesthesia. 
  • Effects of head and body cooling on hemodynamics during immersed prone exercise at 1 ATA. 
  • Effects of supplemental oxygen administration in an infant with pulmonary artery hypertension. 
  • Effects of tezosentan on symptoms and clinical outcomes in patients with acute heart failure: the VERITAS randomized controlled trials. 
  • Elevated pulmonary artery pressure is a risk factor for primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Epinephrine induces rapid deterioration in pulmonary oxygen exchange in intact, anesthetized rats: a flow and pulmonary capillary pressure-dependent phenomenon. 
  • Epoprostenol for treatment of pulmonary hypertension in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness: the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Features Associated With Discordance Between Pulmonary Arterial Wedge Pressure and Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure in Clinical Practice: Implications for Pulmonary Hypertension Classification. 
  • Haemodynamic effects, safety, and pharmacokinetics of human stresscopin in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. 
  • Heart reduction surgery: an analysis of the impact on cardiac function. 
  • Hemodynamic profiles of advanced heart failure: association with clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes. 
  • Hemodynamics as surrogate end points for survival in advanced heart failure: an analysis from FIRST. 
  • How does intermittent pacing modify the response to rapid ventricular pacing in experimental heart failure? 
  • Improved Detection of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Functional Parameters in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. 
  • In acute lung injury, inhaled nitric oxide improves ventilation-perfusion matching, pulmonary vascular mechanics, and transpulmonary vascular efficiency. 
  • Increased wedge pressure facilitates decreased lung vascular resistance during upright exercise. 
  • Massive pulmonary edema and death after prostacyclin infusion in a patient with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. 
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Utilization and Heart Transplant Waitlist Outcomes in Patients With Restrictive and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. 
  • Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease. 
  • Milrinone improves pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular function in chronic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Milrinone use is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. 
  • Nitric oxide regulates basal systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance in healthy humans. 
  • Pathophysiological role of changing atrial size and pressure in modulation of atrial natriuretic factor during evolving experimental heart failure. 
  • Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve closure successfully treats left ventricular assist device-associated aortic insufficiency and improves cardiac hemodynamics. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of elevated pulmonary artery pressures in children with sickle cell disease. 
  • Prevention of acute lung injury in swine: depletion of pulmonary intravascular macrophages using liposomal clodronate. 
  • Prognostic Impact of Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi) in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Insights From the ESCAPE Trial. 
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure augments right ventricular pulsatile loading. 
  • Pulmonary flow study predicts survival in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. 
  • Pulmonary hemodynamics and blood flow characteristics in chronic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Pulmonary venous wedge pressure provides a safe and accurate estimate of pulmonary arterial pressure in children with shunt-dependent pulmonary blood flow. 
  • Ramp Study Hemodynamics, Functional Capacity, and Outcome in Heart Failure Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  • Rapid assay brain natriuretic peptide and troponin I in patients hospitalized with decompensated heart failure (from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness Trial). 
  • Regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in normal man. 
  • Relation between pressure and volume unloading during ramp testing in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. 
  • Relation between pulmonary artery pressure and mitral stenosis severity in patients undergoing balloon mitral commissurotomy. 
  • Relation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to clinical state in congestive heart failure. 
  • Relationship of right- to left-sided ventricular filling pressures in advanced heart failure: insights from the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Response of atrial natriuretic factor to postural change in patients with heart failure versus subjects with normal hemodynamics. 
  • Right ventricular failure in patients with the HeartMate II continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: incidence, risk factors, and effect on outcomes. 
  • Safety and tolerability of transition from inhaled treprostinil to oral selexipag in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the TRANSIT-1 study. 
  • Serial assessment of ventricular performance after valve replacement for aortic stenosis. 
  • Sildenafil improves walk distance in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Sildenafil: Possible Prophylaxis against Swimming-induced Pulmonary Edema. 
  • Staged correction of pulmonary atresia and absent right pulmonary artery. 
  • Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: Pathophysiology and Risk Reduction With Sildenafil. 
  • The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. 
  • The effect of calcium antagonists on hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in the piglet. 
  • The effect of prolonged pneumoperitoneum on renal function in an animal model. 
  • The role of leukotrienes in the late hemodynamic manifestations of group B streptococcal sepsis in piglets. 
  • Thoratec VAD system as a bridge to heart transplantation. 
  • Unreliability of hemodynamic indexes of left ventricular size during cardiac surgery. 
  • Use of aerosolized inhaled epoprostenol in the treatment of portopulmonary hypertension. 
  • Use of balloon occlusion to improve visualization of anomalous pulmonary venous return in an adult with cor triatriatum. 
  • Use of hand carried ultrasound, B-type natriuretic peptide, and clinical assessment in identifying abnormal left ventricular filling pressures in patients referred for right heart catheterization. 
  • Usefulness of Pulse Amplitude Changes During the Valsalva Maneuver Measured Using Finger Photoplethysmography to Identify Elevated Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Patients With Heart Failure. 
  • Value of clinician assessment of hemodynamics in advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Volume-mediated pulmonary responses in liver transplant candidates. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Moon, Richard Edward, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology