The Uses of Right Heart Catheterization in Cardio-pulmonary Disease: State-of-the-art

Overview

Journal Am Heart J Plus

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2025 Jan 6

PMID 39760109

Authors

Bhavesh Katbamna

Lingling Wu

Mario Rodriguez

Phillip King

Joel Schilling

Jamal Mahar

Ajith P Nair

Hani Jneid

Elizabeth S Klings

Gerald L Weinhouse

Sula Mazimba

Marc A Simon

Markus Strauss

Chayakrit Krittanawong

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Abstract

The right heart catheterization (RHC) remains an important diagnostic tool for a spectrum of cardiovascular disease processes including pulmonary hypertension (PH), shock, valvular heart disease, and unexplained dyspnea. While it gained widespread utilization after its introduction, the role of the RHC has evolved to provide valuable information for the management of advanced therapies in heart failure (HF) and cardiogenic shock (CS) to name a few. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview on the indications, utilization, complications, interpretation, and calculations associated with RHC.

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