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What does the medical abbreviation PW mean?
per week pressure wave plantar wart pulmonary wegde (pressure)
What does an elevated pulmonary wedge pressure indicate?
an elevated pulmonary wedge pressure indicate that the pressure in the left atrium is evevated .
What develops within the pulmonary capillaries when the pressure increases?
pulmonary edema
What is pulmonary?
Pulmonary is a term that is relating to the lungs. When someone has a high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, they would have pulmonary hypertension.
Where would pressure be caused by stenosis of the mitral valve?
There will be higher pressure in the left atrium, when there is mitral stenosis. There will dilatation of the left atrium as well as there will hypertrophy of the left atrium. There will raise in the pulmonary veins. This will lead to pulmonary edema. This will eventually lead to high pressure in pulmonary arteries. That is called as pulmonary hypertension. The pressure in right ventricle will increase. Then the pressure in the right atrium will increase. Then the pressure in the systemic venous side will increase. This will lead to right sided heart failure.
Is the pulmonary circulation a high pressure circulation?
No
What is normal pressure for pulmonary artery?
25
Does blood in pulmonary vein flow with pressure?
yes if pressure is there only it is possible
Does the pulmonary artery have higher pressure than the pulmonary veins?
yes. because it pumps blood to the lungs.
Your husband was diagnosed pulmonary hypertention The dr office said his pa pressures was 58 and his distalic pressure was 62 just how bad is this?
WOAH! pa pressure is extremely high. Pulmonary hypertension is present when mean pulmonary artery pressure exceeds 25 mm Hg and i believe 30 while at "rest". What the doctor will do is he will give you beta blockers, ace inhibitors. or surgically try to repair the aortic valve.
Why is there two different types of blood pressure?
If you mean Systemic & Pulmonary, that's because they're separate systems. If you mean systolic & diastolic, then they're not different; they represent highest and lowest pressure of each stroke of the heart.
How does high pulmonary capillary wedge pressure indicate high left atrial pressure?
There is little resistance between the pulmonary artery (where the catheter is placed in PCW) and the left atrium. This means that the pressure remains about constant.
