[Consensus on the operation of pulmonary artery catheterization].

Right heart catheterization(RHC) is a technique of inserting a catheter into the right heart and pulmonary artery via a peripheral vein, to evaluate hemodynamics and oxygen dynamics. When Swan-Ganz catheter is used, it is called pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC). PAC plays an important role in the diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH), and hemodynamic assessment of critically ill patients. We developed this consensus to improve the overall quality of RHC operation, especially the PAC standardization in the diagnosis and evaluation of PH, thereby to promote the diagnosis and treatment of PH in China.