Venous Vascular Closure System Versus Figure-of-Eight Suture Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation - The STYLE-AF Study.
Roland Richard TilzM FeherJulia VoglerKerstin BodeAlexandru Ionut DutaAngela OrtolanLisbeth Delgado LopezMirco KüchlerR MamaevEvgeny LyanPhilipp SommerMartin BraunVanessa SciaccaT DemmingVera MaslovaKarl-Heinz KuckChristian-Hendrick HeegerCharlotte EitelSorin Ștefan PopescuPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2024)
Following AF ablation, the use of a VCS results in a significantly shorter time to ambulation, time to haemostasis and time to discharge eligibility. No major vascular access related complications were identified. The use of MC and a figure-of-eight suture showed a trend towards a higher incidence of minor vascular access related complications.