Right Heart Catheterisation: How To Do It

Anish Krishnan; Ryan Markham; Michael Savage; Yee-Weng Wong; Darren Walters

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2018.08.005

Right Heart Catheterisation: How To Do It

Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Apr;28(4):e71-e78. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Sep 6.

Authors

Anish Krishnan¹, Ryan Markham², Michael Savage², Yee-Weng Wong², Darren Walters²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Electronic address: anish.krishnan@uq.net.au.
² School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia; Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

PMID: 30253970
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.08.005

Abstract

Right heart catheterisation (RHC) is a minimally invasive procedure that provides direct haemodynamic measurement of intracardiac and pulmonary pressures. It is the gold standard investigation for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension. This article will describe how to perform right heart catheterisation, indications and contraindications.

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart catheterisation.

Copyright © 2018 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Echocardiography
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Ventricular Function, Right / physiology*