Cephalic Vein Cutdown Is Superior to Subclavian Puncture as Venous Access for Patients with Cardiac Implantable Devices after Long-Term Follow-Up

Cephalic vein cutdown (CVC) and subclavian vein puncture (SVP) are the most commonly used access sites for transvenous lead placement of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Limited knowledge exists about the long-term patency of the vascular lumen housing the leads. Among the 2703 patien...

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Published in:Journal of clinical medicine 2024-02, Vol.13 (4), p.1044
Main Authors: Knorr, Dario, Bandorski, Dirk, Bogossian, Harilaos, Iliodromitis, Konstantinos, Schiedat, Fabian, Karosiene, Zana, Mijic, Dejan, Lemke, Bernd, Seyfarth, Melchior, Voß, Sabrina, Knippschild, Stephanie, Aweimer, Assem, Zarse, Markus, Kloppe, Axel, Botsios, Spiridon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac patients
Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted
Care and treatment
Health aspects
Patient outcomes
Patients
Pneumothorax
Veins & arteries
Venous access
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Summary:Cephalic vein cutdown (CVC) and subclavian vein puncture (SVP) are the most commonly used access sites for transvenous lead placement of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Limited knowledge exists about the long-term patency of the vascular lumen housing the leads. Among the 2703 patients who underwent CIED procedures between 2005 and 2013, we evaluated the phlebographies of 162 patients scheduled for an elective CIED replacement (median of 6.4 years after the first operation). The phlebographies were divided into four stenosis types: Type I = 0%, Type II = 1-69%, Type III = 70-99%, and Type IV = occlusion. Due to the fact that no standardized stenosis categorization exists, experienced physicians in consensus with the involved team made the applied distribution. The primary endpoint was the occurrence of stenosis Type III or IV in the CVC group and in the SVP group. In total, 162 patients with venography were enrolled in this study. The prevalence of high-degree stenosis was significantly lower in the CVC group (7/89, 7.8%) than in the SVP group (15/73, 20.5%, = 0.023). In the CVC group, venographies showed a lower median stenosis (33%) than in the SVP group (median 42%). The present study showed that the long-term patency of the subclavian vein is higher after CVC than after SVP for venous access in patients with CIED.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm13041044