THE PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER (PAC) was first described in 1970 for right-heart catheterization.
Its use has since expanded beyond the cardiac catheterization laboratory to include
patients in intensive care units (ICU) and noncardiac operating rooms.
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Its use as a monitor is intuitively attractive because it provides detailed physiologic
data to which therapies can be titrated. It offers information on both measured (central
venous pressure, pulmonary artery and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, cardiac
output, mixed venous oxygen saturation) and calculated (indices of systemic and pulmonary
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Published online: September 29, 2022
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