Explain altered systemic vascular resistance. Explain altered systemic vascular resistance. Assessment Description You have received a patient from the cardiac catheterization lab after an early morning emergent presentation for an acute myocardial infarction. The patient has an intra-aortic balloon pump indwelling, and the cardiologist placed a pulmonary artery catheter for hemodynamic monitoring. The patient is … Continue reading Explain altered systemic vascular resistance.