Fluke Biomedical medSim 300B - Manual (Page 117)

Option 1
Cardiac Catheterization
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Catheter Simulation
These medSim 300B waveforms represent a measurement obtained with a catheter placed
in the pulmonary artery.
The catheterization procedure for measuring mitral valve pressures is shown in the next
two illustrations:
LUNGS
CATHETER
PA
LA
RA
RV
Catheter measuring pressure in the pulmonary artery (PA)
LV
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Figure 4-14. Catheter in the Pulmonary Artery (PA)
Note
The medSim 300B waveform for pulmonary artery (PA) pressure simulates
a measurement obtained with this procedure.