Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure in healthy subjects: a meta-analysis

Katarina Zeder; Alexander Avian; Susanna Mak; George Giannakoulas; Steven M Kawut; Bradley A Maron; Marc Humbert; Horst Olschewski; Gabor Kovacs

doi:10.1183/13993003.00967-2024

Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure in healthy subjects: a meta-analysis

Eur Respir J. 2024 Aug 15;64(2):2400967. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00967-2024. Print 2024 Aug.

Authors

Katarina Zeder^{1

2

3

4}, Alexander Avian⁵, Susanna Mak⁶, George Giannakoulas⁷, Steven M Kawut⁸, Bradley A Maron^{3

4}, Marc Humbert⁹, Horst Olschewski^{10

2}, Gabor Kovacs^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ University of Maryland-Institute for Health Computing, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁵ Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Cardiology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁸ Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm UMR_S 999, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Service de Pneumologie et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, ERN-LUNG, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
¹⁰ Division of Pulmonology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria horst.olschewski@medunigraz.at.

Abstract

Based on invasive haemodynamic measurements in healthy subjects, the upper limit of normal of PAWP in the supine resting position is 13 mmHg, which is dependent on sex, but independent of age and pressure reading https://bit.ly/3zer5cZ

Publication types

Letter
Meta-Analysis

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Male
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure* / physiology