Normal Pressures

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Normal intracardiac pressures (see chart above)
Pulmonary wedge pressure (PWP)
- an approximation of left atrial pressure and left ventricular diastolic pressure
- measured with Swan-Ganz catheter
- in mitral stenosis, PWP > left ventricular diastolic pressure

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Normal Pressures

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