Lvswi

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Attn: Mil

I remember reading a few years back a post by Jet, in which he said the LVSWI was your favorite swan number.

I wondered why at the time, but didn't know enough to ask. Now I'm asking.

I use the RVSWI clinically to determine the likelihood of someone needing an RVAD who's getting an LVAD, but that's a pretty specific situation.

When you used it when you practiced CCM, what set of patients did it help you guide management on, and how did it change the management of those patients?

 

[Idiopathic]

with an abnormal lvswi you still have to decide whether you need volume or inotropes, right? how does it help you more than the first-order PAC numbers?

 

[Boujee]

good question...

how do u use rvswi during lvad placement: do you calculate a pre- and post lvad placement and then determine if rv is "pumping" adequately? how is different than using TEE direct visualization?

thanks again in advance. i have always been intrigued with the PAC and its "lesser" used calculations.