Are serum cathepsin K levels suitable to differentiate women with chronic bone disorders such as osteopenia and osteoporosis from healthy pre- and postmenopausal women?
Serum levels of CatK are not suitable to differentiate women with osteoporosis from healthy subjects.
Common intraprocedural end points such as voltage abatement, PV disconnection, and exit block persist only in a limited number of patients, even when the outcome is favorable during follow-up. Further investigation will be required to determine whether such data will have implications for ablation strategies.