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Ultrasound- Versus Fluoroscopy-Guided Strategy for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Rafail A. Kotronias, Jonathan Bray, Skanda Rajasundaram, Flavien Vincent, Cedric Delhaye, Roberto Scarsini, Federico Marin, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Julian Halcox Orcid Logo, Mamas A. Mamas, Rajesh Kharbanda, Eric Van Belle, Adrian P. Banning

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume: 14, Issue: 10

Swansea University Authors: Jonathan Bray, Julian Halcox Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1161/circinterventions.121.010742

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Background:Access site vascular and bleeding complications remain problematic for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Ultrasound-guided transfemoral access approach has been suggested as a technique to reduce access site complications, but there is wide variation in ad...

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Published in: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
ISSN: 1941-7640 1941-7632
Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) 2021
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Abstract: Background:Access site vascular and bleeding complications remain problematic for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Ultrasound-guided transfemoral access approach has been suggested as a technique to reduce access site complications, but there is wide variation in adoption in TAVR. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare access site vascular and bleeding complications according to the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 classification following the use of either ultrasound- or conventional fluoroscopy-guided transfemoral TAVR access.Methods:Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library were searched to November 2020 for studies comparing ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided access for transfemoral TAVR. A priori defined primary outcomes were extracted: (1) major, (2) minor, and (3) major and minor (total) access site vascular complications and (4) life-threatening/major, (5) minor, and (6) life-threatening, major, and minor (total) access site bleeding complications.Results:Eight observational studies (n=3875) were included, with a mean participant age of 82.8 years, STS score 5.81, and peripheral vascular disease in 23.5%. An ultrasound-guided approach was significantly associated with a reduced risk of total (Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio [MH-OR], 0.50 [95% CI, 0.35–0.73]), major (MH-OR, 0.51 [95% CI, 0.35–0.74]), and minor (MH-OR, 0.59 [95% CI, 0.38–0.91]) access site vascular complications. Ultrasound guidance was also significantly associated with total access site bleeding complications (MH-OR, 0.59 [95% CI, 0.39–0.90]). The association remained significant in sensitivity analyses of maximally adjusted minor and total vascular access site complications (MH-OR, 0.51 [95% CI, 0.29–0.90]; MH-OR, 0.44 [95% CI, 0.20–0.99], respectively).Conclusions:In the absence of randomized studies, our data suggests a potential benefit for ultrasound guidance to obtain percutaneous femoral access in TAVR.
Keywords: fluoroscopy; morbidity; peripheral vascular diseases; punctures; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; ultrasound
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Issue: 10

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