A woman with severe mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation has a pulmonary artery catheter inserted. The physician orders pulmonary artery pressure monitoring, including pulmonary capillary wedge pressures. The purpose of this is to help assess the: 1. Degree of coronary artery stenosis 2. Peripheral arterial pressure 3. Pressure from fluid within the left ventricle 4. Oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration is the blood #4: nurseslabs/nclex-exam-cardiovascular-surgery-care-15-items/
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