Routinely used venous accesses in patients undergoing general anaesthesia and procedural sedation for TF-TAVI
Routinely used venous access | General anaesthesia | Procedural sedation | ||
% | n | % | n | |
Central venous catheter | 60.8 | 31/51 | 64.7 | 33/51 |
Introducer sheath via | ||||
Jugular vein | 35.3 | 18/51 | 43.1 | 22/51 |
Femoral vein | 13.7 | 7/51 | 23.5 | 12/51 |
Large bore peripheral access (16–14 gauge) | 31.4 | 16/51 | 37.3 | 19/51 |
TF-TAVI, transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation.