Still a (valuable) place for the pulmonary artery catheter

Int J Cardiol. 2014 May 1;173(2):131-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.040. Epub 2014 Mar 15.

Authors

Zsolt Molnár¹, Jean-Louis Vincent²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University of Szeged, 6. Semmelweis St, 6725 Szeged, Hungary. Electronic address: zsoltmolna@gmail.com.
² Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: jlvincen@ulb.ac.be.

PMID: 24681015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.040

No abstract available

Keywords: Critically ill; Heart failure; Hemodynamic monitoring; Observational studies; Pulmonary artery catheter; Randomized controlled trials.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use*
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / mortality*
Female
Heart Failure*
Humans
Hypotension*
Male

Substances

Cardiotonic Agents