Pulmonary artery pressure (PA pressure) is a measure of the blood pressure found in the pulmonary artery. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure is normally 9 - 18 mmHg.
| Site | Normal pressure range (in mmHg) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Central venous pressure | 3–8 | |
| Right ventricular pressure | systolic | 15–30 |
| diastolic | 3–8 | |
| Pulmonary artery pressure | systolic | 15–30 |
| diastolic | 4–12 | |
| Pulmonary vein/ Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure |
2–15 | |
| Left ventricular pressure | systolic | 100–140 |
| diastolic | 3-12 | |
It is usually higher than the pulmonary wedge pressure.
It can be elevated in sickle cell disease.
It can be used to measure pulmonary artery hypertension.
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