Pietro Palmisano, Sergi Cesario, Vincenzo Panico, Marco Valerio Chiarillo, Maria Domenica Chiuri, Maria Lucia Martella, Gianluca Stefanelli, Deborah Martella, Raffaele Mauro, Maria Antonietta Ponzetta, Antonio Parlavecchio, Michele Accogli, Giovanni Coluccia
AIMS: Conduction system pacing (CSP) and atrioventricular junction ablation (AVJA) improve outcomes in patients with symptomatic, refractory atrial fibrillation (AF). Superior approach (SA) from the pocket, via axillary or subclavian vein, has been recently proposed as an alternative to the conventional femoral venous approach (FA) to perform AVJA. In this study we compared the impact of these alternative approaches on the nurse workload (NWL) and on patient satisfaction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Prospective, observational study, enrolling consecutive patients undergoing simultaneous CSP and AVJA...
March 29, 2024: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing