The Swan-Ganz balloon flotation catheter was introduced  in clinical use by H. J. C. Swan and William Ganz in 1970. Since then, the catheter has been used in many kinds of clinical fields, such as critical care medicine, cardiovascular surgery, anesthesia, and cardiology, because of its useful functions.
The Swan-Ganz Catheter (SGC) can easily advance into the pulmonary artery with its flow-directed balloon. The central venous pressure (CVP), the pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), and the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) can be measured, and cardiac output is obtained by thermodilution method. 

 

 

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• Indications for Ambulatory Electrocardiography (AECG)
• Clinical Indications and Contraindications to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

• Indications for Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) in Aortic Stenosis (AS)
• Classification for Chagas Cardiomyopathy

• Recommendations for the Use of Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Monitoring
• Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery
• Diagnostic Criteria for Myocarditis
• Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
• TIMI Risk Score for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

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