The Swan-Ganz pulmonary-artery catheter (PAC) has long been used at many centers to guide treatment decisions according to hemodynamic responses, despite controversy over whether the technique ...

Dr. William Ganz, who survived a Nazi labor camp to become an internationally recognized cardiologist who co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter for monitoring heart conditions and who was one of the ...

Pulmonary artery catheterization in heart failure patients has unexpectedly grown more common in recent years, with no clear explanation for the trend, a new study shows. About three-quarters of the ...

Pulmonary-artery catheterization aids the diagnosis and management of numerous cardiovascular illnesses, including pulmonary hypertension, cardiogenic shock, mixed shock states, cardiac tamponade, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new study highlighted a significant increase in the use of pulmonary artery catheters in patients with HF in ...

Pasadena, CA - Dr Jeremy (HJC) Swan died on Monday, February 7 at the age of 82. He was best known for being the coinventor of the pulmonary artery balloon catheter universally known as the Swan-Ganz ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using a pulmonary artery catheter to help manage patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute heart failure was ...