The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...

Pulmonary artery catheterization in heart failure patients has unexpectedly grown more common in recent years, with no clear explanation for the trend, a new study shows. About three-quarters of the ...

Hospitalized patients with severe congestive heart failure did not experience a benefit from use of pulmonary artery catheterization, but had more adverse events, according to a study in the October 5 ...

Doctors should probably stop using pulmonary artery catheters because they do not benefit patients, say doctors from Australia in this week's BMJ. The pulmonary artery catheter was invented in 1968.