Catheterization is particularly useful in the diagnosis of occult systemic to pulmonary shunts, congenital heart disease, and distal pulmonary artery stenosis.

Procedures include bronchoscopy, central line placement, arterial line placement, pulmonary artery catheterization, chest tube insertion, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, paracentesis and endotracheal ...

After 21 d of hypoxia, the mean pulmonary artery pressure was measured by cardiac catheterization. The plasma H 2 S level and production of H 2 S in the lung tissues were determined by using a ...