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Right-heart catheterization: parameters for evaluation.
| (i) Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP; systolic, diastolic, and mean) |
| (ii) Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) |
| (iii) Right-ventricular pressure (RVP) |
| (iv) Right-atrial pressure (RAP) |
| (v) Cardiac output (CO); cardiac index (CI) |
| (vi) Oxygen saturation (systemic arterial; pulmonary arterial) |
| (vii) Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) |
