The Critical Role of Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Saturation In The Standardization of Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Measurement

Inadequate balloon occlusion while measuring pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) during right heart catheterization (RHC) may lead to inaccurate measures and clinically relevant misdiagnosis of disease. Following the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) recommendations, we instituted a standard of care clinical protocol at the Medical University of South Carolina that required obtaining a PAWP saturation (sat) to confirm complete occlusion whenever initially measured PAWP is>15 mmHg.

Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - September 30, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Michael C. Viray, Eric L. Bonno, Nicholas Gabrielle, Jessica L. Atkins, Nicholas S. Amoroso, Valerian L.C. Fernandez, Anbukarasi Maran, Christopher D. Nielsen, Eric R. Powers, Daniel H. Steinberg, Thomas M. Todoran, Thomas G. Di Salvo, Gregory R. Jackson, Tags: 110 Source Type: research