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Pulmonary Artery Catheter in the Intensive Care Unit

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After its initial description by Swan and Ganz more than 30 years ago (1), the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) technique rapidly became more and more popular in the following years. To date, the PAC remains the monitoring tool that enables more extensive hemodynamic assessment of the critically ill. Furthermore, its use has stimulated the comprehension of physiologic concepts of hemodynamics and tissue oxygenation in various situations of acute circulatory failure. After years of debate about its adverse effects, recent largescale studies clearly demonstrate that the use of the PAC does not alter the outcome of critically ill patients.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Lariboisière University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France

    Alexandre Mebazaa MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  2. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Mihai Gheorghiade MD, FACC (Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology and Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service) (Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology and Chief, Cardiology Clinical Service)

  3. Department of Cardiology Centre d’Investigation Clinique (CIC), INSERM U-684, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, University Henri Poincaré, Nancy, France

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Monnet, X., Teboul, JL. (2008). Pulmonary Artery Catheter in the Intensive Care Unit. In: Mebazaa, A., Gheorghiade, M., Zannad, F.M., Parrillo, J.E. (eds) Acute Heart Failure. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-782-4_38

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