Open AccessFurther Evidence that the Pulmonary Capillary Venous Pressure Pulse in Man Reflects Cyclic Pressure Changes in the Left Atrium
Author(s) -
Lars Werkö,
E Varnauskas,
Harald Eliasch,
H Lagerlöf,
A Senning,
Bengt Thomasson
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
circulation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.899
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1524-4571
pISSN - 0009-7330
DOI - 10.1161/01.res.1.4.337
Subject(s) - left atrial pressure , cardiology , left atrium , medicine , pulse (music) , pulse pressure , central venous pressure , pulmonary wedge pressure , venous pressure , stenosis , atrium (architecture) , blood pressure , hemodynamics , heart rate , atrial fibrillation , electrical engineering , detector , engineering
In four cases of atrial septal defect and in one case of mitral stenosis, the pressure pulse was recorded in the left atrium, in the first four cases through catheters, and in the fifth through a needle introduced through the chest wall. The pressure pulse was compared with pulmonary capillary pressure recorded simultaneously or nearly so. Good agreement was found both in shape and height of the two pressure pulses.
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