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Pulmonary artery catheters in acute heart failure: end of an era?

Whereas the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is still widely used in guiding assessment and treatment of heart failure, controversy surrounding its safety and efficacy has prompted development of newer, less invasive techniques. For these purposes, the transpulmonary thermodilution technique allows a...

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Autores principales: Vernon, Christopher, Phillips, Charles R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2811927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19930618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc8113