Venous vascular closure system vs. figure-of-eight suture following atrial fibrillation ablation: the STYLE-AF Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Simplified ablation technologies for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) are increasingly performed worldwide. One of the most common complications following PVI are vascular access-related complications. Lately, venous closure systems (VCSs) were introduced into clinical practice, aiming to reduce the time of bed rest, to increase the patients' comfort, and to reduce vascular access-related complications. The aim of the present study is to compare the safety and efficacy of using a VCS to achieve haemostasis following single-shot PVI to the actual standard of care [figure-of-eight suture and manual compression (MC)].

Methods and results

This is a prospective, multicentre, randomized, controlled, open-label trial performed at three German centres. Patients were randomized 1:

SUBMITTER: Tilz RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature