CVP tracing
- related: Cardiology and Hemodynamics, ICU intensive care unit
- tags: #literature #icu #cardiology
- a wave is first upstroke following p wave on ECG
- a wave: atrium contraction
- c wave: closure of TV
- v wave: filling of atrium with closed TV
- CVP is assessed at base of c wave
- If c wave is not seen, then mean of peak and trough of a wave is used
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normal right heart catheterization pressures
- RA pressure: CVP tracing
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read CVP and PCWP at end expiration
- related: pulmonary hypertension, CVP tracing