OBJECTIVE Midline sternotomy is the preferred approach for device migration following transcatheter device closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defect. Results of patients operated for device migration were retrospectively reviewed after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect. METHODS Among the 643 patients who underwent atrial septal defect with closure device, 15 (2.3%) patients ...

PURPOSE To report longer follow-up and further experience using the Prostar XL Percutaneous Vascular Surgery (PVS) device for access and closure of large bore femoral artery access sites during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). METHODS One hundred forty-four patients (128 men; mean age 72 years, range 56-89) undergoing endovascular AAA repair had percutaneous access an...

Background & Aim: One of the basic and important needs of hemodialysis patients is vascular access. Nursing students as members of the health team and future nurses, play an essential role in the safety management of hemodialysis patients and therefore, their training is important to support patient safety. Today, evidence-based education with the objective of explicit and rational use of the b...

Abstract A 66 year old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy, carrier of CRT–D device in secondary prevention since 2013 and a mitralic mechanical prosthesis, suffered CIED infection, confirmed by PET imaging exam. She was scheduled our Hospital Unit for transvenous lead extraction. The procedure performed the subclavian approach, extraction staged using telescopic sheats. After atrial ventricular ...

Haemodialysis (HD) patients are at increased risk of vascular access complications with device therapy. We report a case of transvenous defibrillator lead extraction from the ipsilateral side as an HD fistula. The procedure was successfully performed using a hybrid approach, with extraction of the lead with a powered sheath, and surgical cut-down and closure of the subclavian vein defect.

background dialysis vascular access complications are considered as significant causes of morbidity in chronic hemodialysis patients. objectives the aim of the present study was a comparison of axillary loop and straight grafts patency and its complications in hemodialysis access. patients and methods in this cohort study conducted at shahid beheshti medical university, 77 patients who underwen...

Background Transcatheter aortic valves have benefitted from device miniaturization and in-situ assembly to reduce delivery system caliber and enable trans-vascular delivery. In contrast, investigational transcatheter mitral prostheses are bulky devices that require large caliber access ports. Trans-apical delivery is undesirable because of increased morbidity associated with rib spreading, clos...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results and complications associated with transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in infants. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Paediatric Cardiology Department of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology / National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC/NIHD), Rawalpindi, from December 2010 to June 2012. METHODOLOGY Infant...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Vascular access site complications in transfemoral (TF) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality; however, their incidence and predictors are conflicting between studies. This study sought to assess the incidence and predictors of vascular access site complications in patients undergoing TF TAVI. METHODS A...