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In a critically ill patient monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter (Swan-Ganz), which physiological condition will cause the Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP / wedge pressure) to overestimate true Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure (LVEDP)?

Catheter tip wedged in West Zone 1 or Zone 2 under high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Severe aortic regurgitation with preserved mitral valve function. Severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction with elevated filling pressures. Catheter tip accurately positioned in West Zone 3 below the left atrium.

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Catheter tip wedged in West Zone 1 or Zone 2 under high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).

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