Hazards of the Swan-Ganz Catheter

Letters and Corrections1 January 1988Hazards of the Swan-Ganz CatheterEUGENE D. ROBIN, M.D.EUGENE D. ROBIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-108-1-151_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: There is a strong possibility that the use of pulmonary artery flow (Swan-Ganz) catheters in patients with acute myocardial infarction is associated with a high rate of excess mortality (mortality in excess of that caused by acute myocardial infarction without the use of the catheter). Gore and associates ( 1 ) examined the outcome in over 3000 patients with acute myocardial infarction in Worcester, Massachusetts. Patients in whom the catheter was used showed an approximately 100% increase in mortality as compared with patients in whom the catheter was not used.The dramatic increase in mortality did not...References1. GORE J, GOLDBERG R, SPODICK D, ALPERT J, and DALEN J. A community-wide assessment of the use of pulmonary artery catheters in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Chest. 1987;92:721-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ROBIN E. Death by pulmonary artery flow-directed catheter: time for a moratorium? Chest. 1987;92:727-31. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SELZER A. Routine invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the CCU has lowered mortality: arguments against the hypothesis. In: RAPAPORT E, ed. Current Controversies in Cardiovascular Disease. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 1980:340-6. Google Scholar4. CALIFANO J. America's Health Care Revolution: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Pays? New York: Random House; 1986. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: EUGENE D. ROBIN, M.D.Affiliations: Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA 94305- 5070 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySimulation-Based Education for Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular AnesthesiologyPulmonary artery catheterization in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the GUSTO IIb and GUSTO III trialsTHE SWAN-GANZ CATHETERPulmonary Artery Catheters: An UpdateFlow-directed Pulmonary Artery Catheterization 1 January 1988Volume 108, Issue 1Page: 151-151KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionCathetersMortalityPulmonary arteries ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1988 PDF downloadLoading ...