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Table 1 Clinical indications for pulmonary artery catheter monitoring in cardiac surgery

From: Cephalad misplacement of a pulmonary artery catheter in a patient with a preexisting Hickman catheter

Right-sided heart failure, pulmonary hypertension

Severe left-sided heart failure not responsive to therapy

Cardiogenic or septic shock or with multiple-organ failure

Orthotopic heart transplantation

Left ventricular-assist device implantation