Safety of multi-access site venous closure following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and flutter

• Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 1437 - 1443
• Main Authors: Gupta, Sanjaya, Kolluri, Raghu, Simoes, Tiessa, Pingle, Sandeep C., Nie, Hong, Lloyd, Michael S., Steinhaus, Daniel, Westerman, Stacy B., Shah, Anand, Kline, Jessica, Kiani, Soroosh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ablation; Access control; Aged; Arteries; Atrial Fibrillation - surgery; Atrial Flutter - surgery; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiology; Catheter Ablation - methods; Catheters; Female; Femoral Vein - surgery; Fibrillation; Hemostasis; Hemostatics; Humans; Male; Medical instruments; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Radiofrequency ablation; Safety; Safety management; Sheaths; Suture Techniques; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; Veins; Venous access; Duplex ultrasound; Closure device; Catheter ablation; Atrial fibrillation

Background Following catheter ablation, vascular access management involves potential complications and prolonged recovery. Recently, suture-mediated closure (SMC) devices were approved for venous access procedures. The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of a commercially available SM...