Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters

Continuous view of cardiac function in your most complex patients

The first flow-directed Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter revolutionized haemodynamic monitoring in critically ill patients.¹ By providing a comprehensive haemodynamic profile, utilising continuous data, Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters track your patient’s haemodynamic status to assist your early evaluation.

The Swan-Ganz catheter, now with the FastCCO algorithm, enables CO and SV parameters every 20 seconds.

Complete Haemodynamic Profiling with Pulmonary Artery Catheters in Cardiogenic Shock Is Associated with Lower In-Hospital Mortality

The objective of the study, directed by Garan et al., explored the potential benefit of obtaining a complete haemodynamic profile via pulmonary artery catheters (PAC) prior to administration of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in cardiogenic shock (CS) patients. The study observed that CS patients with complete PAC data obtained prior to MCS had improved survival compared to those who did not.

Further, the study showed that an incomplete haemodynamic dataset was equivalent to having no PAC data with regard to in-hospital mortality. Additional benefits from complete PAC data acquisition include early identification of haemodynamic compromise requiring immediate MCS, in order to avoid potentially irreversible end-organ dysfunction as a result of treatment delays.

• Lower mortality in patients with advanced stages of CS
• Lowest in-hospital mortality across study sub-groups and SCAI stages
• Early identification of haemodynamic compromise
• An incomplete haemodynamic dataset is equivalent to having no PAC data

CO-Set+ closed injectate delivery system works effectively with room temperature or cold injectate for the measurement of bolus thermodilution cardiac output when used with a compatible monitoring platform and Swan-Ganz catheter.