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Table 2 Procedural characteristics and complications

From: Feasibility and safety of reprocessing of intracardiac echocardiography catheters for electrophysiology procedures – a large single center experience

 

Total N = 1128

AF N = 954

AFlu N = 9

SVT N = 81

PVC N = 23

VT N = 61

Procedure duration (min ± SD)

88.7 ± 47.9

82.3 ± 47.8

77.5 ± 7.7

92.8 ± 45.9

115.2 ± 45.6

198.4 ± 45.7

Fluoroscopy (min ± SD)

11.6 ± 9.4

11.9 ± 9.4

9.0 ± 6.2

8.3 ± 9.3

3.7 ± 9.3

13.6 ± 9.2

Complications (total) n (%)

97 (8.6%)

88 (9.2%)

1 (1.1%)

3 (3.7%)

0 (0%)

5 (8.1%)

Vascular, n (%)

42 (3.7%)

38 (3.9%)

0 (0%)

2 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

2 (3.3%)

Pericardial effusion, n (%)

23 (2.0%)

22 (2.3%)

1 (11.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

PNP, n (%)

13 (1.1%)

13 (1.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Tamponade, n (%)

8 (0.7%)

6 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (3.3%)

Pericarditis, n (%)

6 (0.5%)

6 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Air embolism, n (%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Protamine allergy, n (%)

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Stroke, n (%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.6%)

Gastroparesis, n (%)

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)