In this episode Dr. Zanotti discusses the current role of pulmonary artery catheters in critical care medicine. He is joined by Dr. Steven Hollenberg a critical care and cardiology physician. Dr. Hollenberg is a professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and director of cardiac intensive care at the Emory Heart & Vascular Center.

Additional resources:

Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Risk of In-hospital Death in Heart Failure Cardiogenic Shock.

Kanwar MK, et al. J Card Fail. 2023 Sep;29(9):1234-1244: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37187230/

Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Bernard S Kadosh, et al. JACC Heart Failure 2023: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37318422/

Complete Hemodynamic Profiling With Pulmonary Artery Catheters in Cardiogenic Shock Is Associated With Lower In-Hospital Mortality. A Reshad Garan, et al. JACC Heart Failure 2020: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33121702/

Right Heart Catheterization in Cardiogenic Shock Is Associated With Improved Outcomes: Insights From the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Sagar Ranka, et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2021: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34423652/

Books mentioned in this episode:

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. By Ed Yong: https://www.amazon.com/Contain-Multitudes-Microbes-Within-Grander/dp/0062368605/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EVOY6OVQZ437&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Na-UJShWq7ngsH9dxvSV2Q.Ob-k26_k01p5WzKzo4CWnsvD4Jjq9RU1krhQhmUi9u4&dib_tag=se&keywords=I+contain+platitudes&qid=1732299607&sprefix=i+contain+platitudes%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-1

Kind of Blue. Miles Davis: https://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Vinyl-Miles-Davis/dp/B0041TM5OU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=E6F0PBPV33BG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4Kk2sCHn8DAOl9j_qadqsZPMVZPlOuKNXg9vv_NTPEYrl10vHYNIC5-wrGJeFpn9K8rSS8aspG9zhJHjAyDqiIUiC9VKvvHjzQsAGmr4wP9VWUPWumInjcS72CDmoaEYr3h2Uoiy8yt-YfYFHm7Y-6XoPecnwju8_zumwohrrhYWC0X6rR8Ui3Xhp6ILDU3sBNb50TJ6iq_fjataiHX7X6fBL1YnUo3X-uBcnQVfKtc.v-zGaYaLVvE7BGxS1c-2_Brbwsq1kAxVKEuxqsaBci8&dib_tag=se&keywords=Miles+Davis+Kind+of+Blue&qid=1732299762&sprefix=miles+davis+kind+of+blue%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-2

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Sir Simon Rattle: https://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Ein-Deutsches-Requiem-German/dp/B000MTEDIE/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2UCHLINLHSETV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aDG2ZKyB5OnEgO3Z6_VOsNplIVSXmtXffLy2Jrylq4vgaRHEYDyBsz_4YG1fE_88IJxJ2ScnxhBvvDkVZjauoazwhTEMef0o_nJN25zUb_7oXFNkPMo_U4WBLhgK5njVOkm2ae67weI5roWsx-KbokunvjgAf-tXngA30o2xDQxh0-9y0kJbJRdKtVY63PcPv3yp9YdOrpgo2PO-gpspQsio7uJ-dgz5SY1vX1je3U4.aMm-IxbuxnZSIacaIBGZWc36GYliQP4r-9f9-SBq5tQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=Brahms+requiem&qid=1732299866&sprefix=brahms+requiem%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-5e