Does rapid response team-triggered procalcitonin measurement predict infectious intensive care unit transfers*?
Preliminary results suggest procalcitonin levels in patients at the time of initial visit by a rapid response team correlate with the need for subsequent intensive care unit transfer, particularly for infectious reasons.
Epicardial PV isolation can be successfully performed by a single-sided robot-assisted approach. The effect of PV ablation on AF is not an all or none phenomenon. Incomplete isolation already decreases AF duration and lengthens the AF cycle length. However, complete isolation is necessary to prevent AF induction by triggering from the isolated area.