The Interrelations of the Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Wedge Pressures
- 1 January 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 3-6
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.3.1.3
Abstract
Pulmonary venous wedge pressure closely reflects the pulmonary arterial mean pressure. Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure is not significantly different from the left atrial mean pressure. Neither the former nor the latter is an approximation of the pulmonary capillary pressure.Keywords
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