dictionary help| Swan-Ganz catheter | medical dictionary |
A special haemodynamic monitoring device (long thin catheter) that is introduced into a large vein (in the neck, chest or groin) and advanced through the right heart to the pulmonary artery.
Measurements of cardiac function and blood pressure can be made with this device that can greatly increase the physician's diagnostic ability and provide a way to monitor the patients response to different medications. May be used to diagnose pulmonary hypertension.
(19 Jan 1998)
swamp fever, swamp fever virus, swamp itch, swan < Prev | Next > swan-neck deformity, swanny, swap
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
