Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Feasibility and efficacy of real-time ultrasound-guided venous closure with suture-mediated vascular closure device
Authors' conclusion
Real-time ultrasound guidance can reduce device failure, access site-related complications, and time to ambulation in performing venous closure with a VCD.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing elective catheter ablation with femoral venipuncture
- Participants
- 226 consecutive patients
- Exposure
- Real-time ultrasound-guided vs non-guided venous closure with suture-mediated VCD
- Ultrasound guidancen = 123
- No ultrasound guidancen = 103reference
- Outcome
- Venous access site-related complications (major, minor or other)
Methodological detailssingle-centre, consecutive patients, historical comparison (2022 vs 2021)
- Single-centre
- Consecutive patients
- Historical comparison (2022 vs 2021)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
All venous access site-related complications
P = 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Device failure
P = 0.048
Time to ambulation
P < 0.001
Original publication
Feasibility and efficacy of real-time ultrasound-guided venous closure with suture-mediated vascular closure device. Heart Rhythm. Published 10 April 2024. doi:10.
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