... syndrome The occurrence of fever following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a well-known phenomenon during the first 72 h after TAVI, which may occur from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) rather than an infectious cause [ 1-9 ]. SIRS in TAVI patients is presumably...

.... Cardiac excitability Sepsis Systemic inflammatory response syndrome Low QRS voltage We previously found that skeletal muscle becomes electrically inexcitable in critically ill septic patients with acute quadriplegic myopathy [ 1, 2 ]. Judging by an animal model of acute quadriplegic myopathy...