Ultrasound guidance for femoral venous access in electrophysiology procedures—systematic review and meta-analysis

作者：Péter Kupó, Róbert Pap, László Sághy, Dalma Tényi, Alexandra Bálint, Dorottya Debreceni, Indranill Basu‐Ray, András Komócsi · 发表于：Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1007/s10840-019-00683-z · 被引用次数：66 · 研究领域：Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis、Vascular Procedures and Complications、Vascular anomalies and interventions

PURPOSE: The most common complications of electrophysiology (EP) procedures are related to vascular access. Our study aims to conduct a meta-analysis comparing ultrasound (US)-guided vs. palpation-based technique for femoral venous access in EP procedures. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched and systematically reviewed for studies comparing femoral vein puncture with/without US in EP procedures. The primary outcome was the rate of major vascular complications; secondary outcomes were minor vascular complications, inadvertent artery puncture, postprocedural groin pain, and puncture time. Predefined subgroup analysis was conducted separately for patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation procedure (PVI). A random-effects model was used to derive risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: Nine studies involving 8232 patients met our inclusion criteria. Compared with the standard technique, the use of US reduced major vascular complications (from 2.01 to 0.71%, p < 0.0001). The rate of minor vascular complications (RR = 0.30, 95% CI, 0.14-0.62, p = 0.001) and inadvertent artery puncture were lower with US-guided puncture (RR = 0.31, 95% CI, 0.17-0.58, p = 0.0003). Puncture time was shorter (mean difference = - 92.1 s, 95% CI, - 142.12 - - 42.07 s, p = 0.0003) and postprocedural groin pain was less frequent (RR = 0.57, 95% CI, 0.41-0.79, p = 0.0008) in the US group. Subgroup analysis of patients undergoing PVI also showed significant reduction of major ...