Body mass index is related to unsuccessful puncture attempts and failure to axillary vein cannulation during ultrasound-guided cardiac electronic device implantation.
Francesco De SensiLuigi AddonisioPasquale BarattaMarco BreschiAlberto CrestiGennaro MiracapilloUgo LimbrunoPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2020)
Axillary vein long-axis (in-plane) US-guided cannulation during CIEDs implantation is characterized by a high success rate (94.9%). An elevated BMI is significantly related to unsuccessful puncture attempts or failure to cannulation. The higher is the BMI, the more are the chances to have difficult vein puncture or cannulation failure and to switch from US-guided approach to another technique.