"Pulmonary Wedge Pressure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.
| Descriptor ID |
D011669
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.330.380.076.695
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure- Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
- Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge
- Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge
- Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary
- Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
- Pulmonary Wedge Pressures
Wedge Pressure- Wedge Pressure
- Pressure, Wedge
- Pressures, Wedge
- Wedge Pressures
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