Different venous approaches for implantation of cardiac electronic devices. A network meta-analysis.
Ioannis AnagnostopoulosCharalampos KossyvakisMaria KoustaChristina VerikokkouEleni LakkaAsterios KarakanasGerasimos DeftereosPolixeni SpanouSotiria GiotakiDimitrios VrachatisDimitrios AvramidisSpyridon DeftereosGeorgios GiannopoulosPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2022)
Both AVP and CVC seem to decrease incident pneumothorax and LF, compared to SVP. Initial AVP approach seems to decrease the need of alternate venous access, compared to CVC. These results suggest that AVP should be further clinically tested.