PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION

Pulmonary artery catheterization is a procedure using a long, thin tube called a catheter inserted into a pulmonary artery. It can help diagnose and manage a wide variety of health problems such as:

• Shock.
• Pulmonary edema. The test helps find the cause of fluid buildup in the lungs.
• Heart failure. This test evaluated heart pressures and blood flow in a weak heart.
• Congenital heart disease. This test may help understand the flow of blood within the heart affected by a birth defect.
• High blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension)

Fat embolism (clot that is blocking a blood vessel)