RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Pulmonary artery dissection induced by a Swan-Ganz catheter JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO Cleve Clin J Med FD Cleveland Clinic SP 671 OP 675 VO 51 IS 4 A1 Rosenblum, Stephen E. A1 Ratliff, Norman B. A1 Shirey, Earl K. A1 Sedmak, Daniel D. A1 Taylor, Paul C. YR 1984 UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/4/671.abstract AB A 70-year-old woman died after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Autopsy revealed bilateral, massive, intrapulmonary hemorrhage secondary to pulmonary artery dissection induced by a Swan-Ganz catheter. Cystic medionecrosis of the pulmonary arteries was also identified. Catheter-induced pulmonary artery trauma is associated with a high mortality. Hemoptysis is the usual presenting sign. Great caution should be exercised when using Swan-Ganz catheters in elderly patients with known pulmonary hypertension, particularly in the setting of cardiac surgery or anticoagulation.