Pulmonary Wedge Pressure

**Definition:** The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.

**Tree numbers:** - G09.330.380.076.695

**Synonyms:** - Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge - Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge - Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure - Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary - Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary - Pulmonary Wedge Pressures