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J Appl Physiol 59: 1329-1332, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 4 1329-1332, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Wedge pressure in large vs. small pulmonary arteries to detect pulmonary venoconstriction

A. Zidulka and T. S. Hakim

Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure measures the pressure where blood flow resumes on the venous side. By occlusion of a large artery, the point where blood flow resumes will be in or near the left atrium. However, by occlusion of a small artery, it is possible to shift the point where flow resumes to a more proximal site in the veins and thus measure a pressure within the small veins. Increased pulmonary venous pressure, as a result of partial obstruction in the large veins, may not be detected by wedging a Swan-Ganz catheter in a large artery but may be detected by wedging in a small artery. We demonstrated this phenomenon in open-chest dogs by mechanically obstructing the left lower lobar vein or by infusing histamine to cause a generalized pulmonary venoconstriction. The wedge pressure measured by a 7-F Swan-Ganz catheter, with its balloon inflated in the main left lower lobar artery, nearly equaled left atrial pressure. On the other hand, the wedge pressure measured with a 7-F, 5-F, or a PE-50 catheter advanced into a small artery (without a balloon) was considerably higher than left atrial pressure. These results suggest that high resistance in the pulmonary veins can be demonstrated with the Swan-Ganz catheter by comparing the pressures obtained with the catheter wedged in a small and large artery.


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