TITLE:
Echo is the preferred modality for hemodynamic monitoring in the cardiac intensive care unit
AUTHORS:
Hillel A. Steiner, Yonatan Hasin
KEYWORDS:
Hemodynamics; Pulmonary Artery Catheter; Echocardiography
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Vol.2 No.3,
July
23,
2012
ABSTRACT: The PAC has enabled major advances in understanding cardiac hemodynamics and pathophysiology. However its clinical utility is limited by data interpretation and serious complications. Echocardiography provides a useful alternative for hemodynamic assessment as well as identification of important concomitant findings. The combination of echocardiography with insertion of a central venous pressure catheter may be the optimal combination for hemodynamic monitoring.