"Pulmonary Wedge Pressure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.
| Descriptor ID |
D011669
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.330.380.076.695
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure- Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
- Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge
- Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge
- Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary
- Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressures
Wedge Pressure- Wedge Pressure
- Pressure, Wedge
- Pressures, Wedge
- Wedge Pressures
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Wedge Pressure" by people in Profiles.
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Left ventricular transmural pressure: A predictor of left ventricle unloading in continuous flow left ventricular assist devices. Int J Artif Organs. 2025 Nov; 48(11):852-857.
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Noninvasive Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Estimation in Heart Failure Patients With the Use of Wearable Sensing and AI. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Aug; 13(8):102513.
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Decongestion Models and Metrics in Acute Heart Failure: ESCAPE Data in the Age of the Implantable Cardiac Pressure Monitor. Tex Heart Inst J. 2022 07 01; 49(4).
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Cardiac Catheterization and Hemodynamics in a Multicenter Cohort of Children with Pulmonary Hypertension. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 06; 19(6):1000-1012.
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Association Between Change in Ambulatory Hemodynamic Pressures and Symptoms of Heart Failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 11; 14(11):e008446.
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Assessing the Validity of Echocardiographic Criteria for Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiology. 2020; 145(11):703-709.
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Left Atrial Strain Correlates with Elevated Filling Pressures in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Recipients. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 04; 33(4):504-511.e1.
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Cor triatriatum sinister with an intact interatrial septum and a decompressing vein in a toddler. Cardiol Young. 2017 Aug; 27(6):1221-1224.
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Pulmonary flow study predicts survival in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 12; 152(6):1494-1503.e1.
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Usefulness of the Sum of Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure and Right Atrial Pressure as a Congestion Index that Prognosticates Heart Failure Survival (from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2016 09 15; 118(6):854-859.