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- Using a Swan-Ganz catheter to measure oxygen saturations upstream in the right atrium and downstream in the pulmonary artery can be used as a diagnostic method when suspecting a post-infarct VSD. Large discrepancies in oxygen readings with a much higher oxygenation in the pulmonary artery may indicate a left-to -right shunt.
- In some cases, a Swan-Ganz catheter can be used to temporarily close a post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD), this way we can stabilize the hemodynamic status of the patient until surgery is available [1]
References
- ↑ Abhyankar AD, Jagtap PM (1999). "Post-infarction ventricular septal defect: percutaneous transvenous temporary closure using a Swan-Ganz catheter". Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 47 (2): 208–10. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199906)47:2<208::AID-CCD18>3.0.CO;2-P. PMID 10376507.