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Lastly, when indicated the balloon-tipped catheter will "wedge" or "occlude" a pulmonary artery branch (panels 9, 10, 11). When this occurs, the pulmonary.

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1 Lastly, when indicated the balloon-tipped catheter will "wedge" or "occlude" a pulmonary artery branch (panels 9, 10, 11). When this occurs, the pulmonary artery pressure equilibrates with that of the left atrium which barring any mitral valve pathology should be a reflection of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. (From: Soni N. Practical Procedures in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Boston, MA: Butterworth Heinemann; 1994:43, with permission.) Source: Chapter 2. Hemodynamics and Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography Citation: Wasnick JD, Hillel Z, Kramer D, Littwin S, Nicoara A. Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography; 2011 Available at: Accessed: October 13, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved


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