Complications with Flow-Directed Balloon-Tipped Catheters
Authors: H.J.C. SWAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Letters1 September 1979Complications with Flow-Directed Balloon-Tipped CathetersH.J.C. SWAN, M.D., PH.D., WILLIAM GANZ, M.D.H.J.C. SWAN, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM GANZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-3-494_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The paper "Fatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage After Use of the Flow-Directed Balloon-Tipped Catheter" by Pape and associates in the March issue (1) serves to highlight the single most serious complication of the use of flow-directed catheters.After publication of a case of fatal pulmonary hemorrhage in a patient with severe mitral-valve disease and pulmonary hypertension by Golden and colleagues (2), we expressed our serious concern that due to the relative simplicity of flow-directed catheterization, users tended to underestimate the potential for serious comlications that pertains to all invasive procedures. In that letter (3), we emphasized the need to...References1. PAPE L, HAFFAJEE C, and MARKIS J. Falal pulmonary hemorrhage after use of the flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter. Ann Intern Med. 1979; 90:344-7. LinkGoogle Scholar2. GOLDEN M, PINDER T, ANDERSON W, and CHEITLIN M. Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage complicating use of a flow-director balloon-tipped catheter in a patient receiving anticoagulant therapy. Am J Cardiol. 1973; 32:865-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SWAN H and GANZ W. Guidelines for use of balloon-tipped catheter. Am J Cardiol. 1974; 34:119-20. Letter. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: H.J.C. SWAN, M.D., PH.D.; WILLIAM GANZ, M.D.Affiliations: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 90048 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCardiovascular Monitoring in Postoperative Care of Adult Cardiac Surgical PatientsCardiovascular MonitoringHemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Obese PatientBedside UltrasonographyManaging Pulmonary Artery Catheter-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage by Bronchial OcclusionPulmonary Artery CathetersInvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring the Aftermath of the ESCAPE TrialBedside echocardiography in the assessment of the critically illBedside Ultrasonography in the ICUUtility of Impedance Cardiography to Improve Physician Estimation of Hemodynamic Parameters in the Emergency DepartmentPulmonary artery catheter complications: report on a case of a knot accident and literature reviewPulmonary catheter fear factor *Noninvasive cardiac absolute pressure sensing: a fundamentally new approachAnalysis of Observer Variability in Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Occlusion PressuresGoal-directed transesophageal echocardiography performed by intensivists to assess left ventricular function: Comparison with pulmonary artery catheterizationTransesophageal EchocardiographyTransesophageal EchocardiographyUse of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter to Reduce Operative ComplicationsThe Pulmonary Artery (Swan-Ganz) Catheter: Evaluation of A Hemodynamic Monitoring Device in Critical Care MedicineDifferential cardiovascular effects of propranolol, atenolol, and pindolol measured by impedance cardiographyPulmonary Artery Catheters: An UpdateComplications of invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the intensive care unitCardiac Assessment with 2-D Transesophageal EchocardiographyDie intraoperative Erkennung von Myokardischämien mittels transösophagealer 2-D-EchokardiographieAcute Cor PulmonalePulmonary Artery Catheter-induced HemorrhagePulmonary Artery CatheterizationCatheter-induced pulmonary arterial trauma: Can it always be averted?Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Critically Ill PatientThe Management of ShockLarge V waves in the pulmonary wedge pressure tracing in the absence of mitral regurgitationFalse Aneurysm of the Pulmonary Artery: A Complication of Pulmonary Artery CatheterizationSwan-Ganz Catheterisation — Application, Interpretation and LimitationsBedside Hemodynamic Monitoring 1 September 1979Volume 91, Issue 3Page: 494-494KeywordsCatheterizationCathetersHemorrhagePulmonary diseasesPulmonary hypertension ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1979 PDF downloadLoading ...