Perioperative Anesthesiological Management of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

Table 7

Right-heart catheterization: parameters for evaluation.

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(i) Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP; systolic, diastolic, and mean)

(ii) Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)

(iii) Right-ventricular pressure (RVP)

(iv) Right-atrial pressure (RAP)

(v) Cardiac output (CO); cardiac index (CI)

(vi) Oxygen saturation (systemic arterial; pulmonary arterial)

(vii) Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)

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