[BREAKING NEW GROUND: THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN THE SAMSON ASSUTA ASHDOD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - FROM VISION TO REALITY].

In 2017 the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital opened its doors to the public. The opening of a new public hospital presented a unique opportunity to create a fully integrated emergency department, staffed exclusively by emergency medicine physicians, based on the Anglo-American model; the first of its kind in Israel. In this article we describe the model: its establishment, the challenges it presented, the solutions implemented and the interim outcomes.

Chamber-Specific Radiofrequency Lesion Dimension Estimation Using Novel Catheter-Based Tissue Interface Temperature Sensing: A Preclinical Assessment.

Objectives: This study sought to compare a novel lesion dimension estimation approach to actual measurements of lesion dimensions on necropsy in porcine atria and ventricles.

Background: An irrigated-tip, force-sensing radiofrequency catheter with 6 temperature (tip-tissue interface) sensors allows for assessment of lesion dimensions based on estimated tissue temperature. Lesion dimension assessment has not been attempted previously in atrial tissue.