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Swan-Ganz™ Pulmonary Artery Catheters
The most trusted name in right heart monitoring
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Continuous view of cardiac function in your most complex patients
The first flow-directed Swan-Ganz™ Pulmonary Artery Catheter revolutionised haemodynamic monitoring in critically-ill patients. Utilising continuous data, Swan-Ganz™ Pulmonary Artery Catheters track your patient’s haemodynamic status to assist your early evaluation.
Continuous right ventricular cardiac output (CORV)
Uses a smart algorithm to provide continuous right ventricular cardiac output (CORV) that updates every 10 seconds
Global Hypoperfusion Index (GHI) parameter
Predicts mixed venous desaturations up to 15 minutes in advance*
*Defined as SvO2 of ≤60% for at least one minute.
Right ventricular pressure (RVP)
Provides continuous insights into right ventricular function
Smart Wedge
Assesses the quality of a pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP) measurement
A comprehensive haemodynamic profile in a single catheter
Swan-Ganz™ Advanced Technology Pulmonary Artery Catheters enable continuous assessment of flow, pressure and oxygen delivery and consumption, so you have an uninterrupted view of cardiac function and proactive decision support in your most complex patients. Access a comprehensive haemodynamic profile delivered by a single catheter to help you assess cardiovascular function and guide treatment decisions.
Target complex patient conditions with advanced haemodynamic parameters
For a continuous view of cardiac function that can enable earlier intervention, choose the catheter with the parameters that best suit your clinical approach and your patient’s needs. Swan-Ganz™ Catheter allows continuous monitoring of the balance of oxygen delivery and consumption with these advanced haemodynamic parameters:
PARAMETERS: SvO2 | CCO | SV | SVR | RVEF | RVEDV | PAP | RAP | PAOP
Continuous cardiac output (CCO)
Swan-Ganz™ Advanced Technology Catheters offer CCO, which continuously monitors cardiac output with the ability to:
- Access continuous calculation and display of cardiac output on CCO thermodilution catheters.
- Use thermal energy to calculate cardiac output using thermodilution principles on HemoSphere™.
- Measure cardiac output using the traditional bolus thermodilution method.
Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2)
Swan-Ganz™ Oximetry Catheters allow for the continuous monitoring of SvO2, which updates every 2 seconds to assess the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption. Since SvO2 is a sensitive indicator of patient status and generally precedes other indications of cardiopulmonary instability, continuous SvO2 monitoring may allow diagnostic and therapeutic decisions to be made earlier in the patient's clinical course.
Thermodilution pulmonary artery catheters
Swan-Ganz™ Thermodilution Catheters monitor intracardiac pressures and cardiac output, along with providing infusing solutions.
When used with a compatible monitor, Swan-Ganz™ Thermodilution Catheters enable you to:
- Assess haemodynamic condition through direct intracardiac and pulmonary artery pressure monitoring and cardiac output determination.
- Sample mixed venous blood through the distal (pulmonary artery) port for the assessment of oxygen transport balance and the calculation of derived parameters such as oxygen consumption, oxygen utilisation coefficient, and intrapulmonary shunt fraction.
- Infuse using an extra lumen with proximal port (30 cm) on Swan-Ganz™ VIP Catheters, in addition to the standard distal and injectate lumens, to provide direct access to the right atrium.
PARAMETERS: iCO | PAP | RAP | PAOP
CO-Set+ closed injectate delivery system
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.
- In-line temperature probe is directly in the injectate fluid path.
- Volume-limited syringe (10 cc) aids in obtaining reproducible cardiac output by simplifying filling and eliminating the variability from differences in filling techniques.
- The syringe plunger and the finger grips on the syringe jacket have been designed to help accommodate a wide range of user hand sizes for efficient and comfortable injection of fluid.
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GARAN ET AL, 2020
Complete haemodynamic profiling with pulmonary artery catheters in cardiogenic shock is associated with lower in-hospital mortality
Objective: Explore 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.
Results: The study observed that CS patients with complete PAC data obtained prior to MCS had improved survival compared to those who did not, along with other benefits including:
- Lower mortality in patients with advanced stages of CS
- Lowest in-hospital mortality across study sub-groups and Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) stages
- Early identification of haemodynamic compromise
- An incomplete haemodynamic dataset is equivalent to having no PAC data
Read study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure
SHAW ET AL, 2018
Pulmonary artery catheter use in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a retrospective, cohort study
Objective: To examine the utility of PAC in complex cardiac surgeries, and their association with subsequent clinical outcomes including 30-day in-hospital mortality, major morbidity, and length of stay.
Results: The study concluded PAC use did not contribute to in-hospital mortality and could be associated with a statistically significant decrease in length of hospital stay and a significant decrease in the cardiopulmonary morbidity composite:
- Decreased length of stay
- Decreased pulmonary morbidity
- No increased risk of in-hospital mortality
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