Swan-Ganz catheter
A long, flexible catheter with an inflatable balloon tip that, once inserted into a central vein, is flow-directed by the bloodstream into the pulmonary artery.
How it is used
It allows real-time monitoring of cardiac output, pulmonary pressures, and other hemodynamic parameters during high-risk cardiac surgery and in critically ill patients.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-02.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.