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To the Editor: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Clinical Trials Network reports an increased incidence of arrhythmias among patients who received a pulmonary-artery catheter (PAC), as compared with a central venous catheter (CVC) (May 25 issue).¹ The authors attribute this difference to the arrhythmogenic effects of the PAC and its insertion. In Table 1 of the article, they report that vasopressor use was 36 percent in the PAC group, as compared with 30 percent in the CVC group. The difference was significant. It is well known that vasopressors can cause both atrial and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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