PCWP is also used to detect intraoperative myocardial ischemia in patients with ischemic heart disease.6 This approach is based on the theory that ischemia leads to a decrease in compliance,7-9 resulting in an increase in filling pressure as reflected by a rise in PCWP. The precise value of PCWP as a monitor of myocardial ischemia, however, remains
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