pulmonary artery catheter normal pressure tracing curves
- related: pulmonary artery catheter
- tags: #literature #cardiology #icu
- RAP: CVP tracing
- RVP: rapid increase in systole with slow rise in diastole (differentiate from PA tracing)
- pulmonary artery: diastolic pressure step up.
- dicrotic notch appears related to PV pressure
- wedge: similar to CVP with a wave and c wave
- RAP: estimate of RV filling pressure
- PAOP: estimate of LA pressure
- wedge is similar in appearance but shifted right ward (takes longer to travel to the tip of the catheter)