Swan-Ganz - right heart catheterizationFrom our partner site on heart disease, MyHeartCentral.com.
Right heart catheterization; Catheterization - right heart What the risks are: The main risks of the procedure are bruising at the access site, trauma to the vein, and lung puncture if the neck or chest veins are used. Very rarely patients may suffer cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac tamponade, low blood pressure, infection, or embolism caused by blood clots at the tip of the catheter.
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