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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena > Hemodynamics > Blood Pressure > Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Physical Examination > Vital Signs > Blood Pressure > Pulmonary Wedge Pressure

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Pulmonary Wedge Pressure  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge
  • Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge
  • Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressures
  • Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary
  • Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary

Scope note

  • The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011669

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