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Abstract
The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.
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12 entry terms
- Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge
- Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge
- Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressures
- Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary
- Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure
- Pulmonary Venous Wedge Pressure
- Wedge Pressure
- Pressure, Wedge
- Pressures, Wedge
- Wedge Pressures
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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- Blood Pressure (1966-1980)
- Pulmonary Circulation (1966-1980)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Wedge Pressure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011669. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011669
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_wedge_pressure
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414127