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Background And Aims: Data from randomized trials investigating different access closure strategies after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI) remain scarce. In this study, two vascular closure device (VCD) strategies to achieve haemostasis after TF-TAVI were compared.
Methods: The ACCESS-TAVI (Comparison of Strategies for Vascular ACCESS Closure after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) is a prospective, multicentre trial in which patients undergoing TF-TAVI were randomly assigned to a strategy with a combined suture-/plug-based VCD strategy (suture/plug group) using one ProGlide™/ProStyle™ (Abbott Vascular) and one Angio-Seal® (Terumo) vs. a suture-based VCD strategy (suture-only group) using two ProGlides™/ProStyles™. The primary endpoint was a composite of major or minor access site-related vascular complications during index hospitalization according to Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 criteria. Key secondary endpoints included time to haemostasis, bleeding type ≥ 2, and all-cause mortality over 30 days.
Results: Between September 2022 and April 2024, 454 patients were randomized. The primary endpoint occurred in 27% (62/230) in the suture/plug group and 54% (121/224) in the suture-only group [relative risk .55 (95% confidence interval: .44, .68); P < .001]. Time to haemostasis was significantly shorter in the suture/plug group compared with the suture-only group (108 ± 208 s vs. 206 ± 171 s; P < .001). At 30 days, bleeding type ≥ 2 occurred less often in the suture/plug group compared with the suture-only group [6.2% vs. 12.1%, relative risk .66 (.43, 1.02); P = .032], with no significant difference in mortality.
Conclusions: With regard to the composite of major or minor access site-related vascular complications, a combined suture-/plug-based VCD strategy was superior to a suture-based VCD strategy for vascular access closure in patients undergoing TF-TAVI.
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State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Department of Paediatric Urology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 600116, India. Electronic address:
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Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Niigata, Japan.
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between operative time (OT) and post-operative outcomes in complex endovascular aortic repair and to explore contributing factors to OT.
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