Pulmonary artery pressure

Pulmonary artery pressure

Pulmonary artery pressure (PA pressure) is a measure of the blood pressure found in the pulmonary artery. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure is normally 9 - 18 mmHg.[1]

Site Normal
pressure range
(in mmHg)[2]
Central venous pressure 3–8
Right ventricular pressure systolic 15–30
diastolic 3–8
Pulmonary artery pressure systolic 15–30
diastolic 4–12
Pulmonary vein/

Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

2–15
Left ventricular pressure systolic 100–140
diastolic 3-12


It is usually higher than the pulmonary wedge pressure.

It can be elevated in sickle cell disease.[3]

It can be used to measure pulmonary artery hypertension.[4]

References

  1. ^ Edwards Lifesciences LLC > Normal Hemodynamic Parameters – Adult 2009
  2. ^ Table 30-1 in: Trudie A Goers; Washington University School of Medicine Department of Surgery; Klingensmith, Mary E; Li Ern Chen; Sean C Glasgow (2008). The Washington manual of surgery. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-7447-0. 
  3. ^ Pashankar FD, Carbonella J, Bazzy-Asaad A, Friedman A (April 2008). "Prevalence and risk factors of elevated pulmonary artery pressures in children with sickle cell disease". Pediatrics 121 (4): 777–82. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0730. PMID 18381543. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18381543. 
  4. ^ Arat N, Altay H, Korkmaz S, Ilkay E (June 2008). "The effect of baseline pulmonary artery pressure on right ventricular functions after mitral balloon valvuloplasty for rheumatic mitral stenosis: a tissue Doppler imaging study". Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 36 (4): 223–30. PMID 18765965. http://www.tkd.org.tr/journal/linkout.asp?PMID=18765965. 

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