Pulmonary Capillary Wedge

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PCW
Pronunciation
/ˈpʊlməˌnɛri ˈkæpəˌlɛri wɛʤ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Central venous pressure and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure also decreased remarkably.
  2. There were placed six cavity Swan-Ganz catheter. The United States Baxter-2 Continuous cardiac output monitoring Multifunction Monitor was used. Determination of cardiac index ( CI ) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ( PCWP ).
  3. The changes of arrhythmia, mortality, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ( PCWP ), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure ( LVEDP ), peripheral artery pressure and the diameter of left ventricular chamber were observed.
  4. Objective To investigate the changes of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ( PCWP ) before and after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft ( OPCABG ) using transesophageal echocardiography ( TEE ).
  5. Results showed that naloxone could markedly increase cardiac output ( CO ) and cardiac index ( CI ). And it could decrease left ventricular end-diastolic pressure ( LVEDP ) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ( PWP ) in canine heart failure.

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