A single-center prospective study. Patients undergoing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery between February 2016 and December 2018 at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden are eligible. Femoral cannulation was performed either with surgical cut-down and arterial puncture under direct vision or percutaneously with planned percutaneous arteriotomy closed using a plug-based arteriotomy closure device (MANTA, Essential Medical Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania). Data regarding preoperative clinical characteristics and operative details were obtained by medical records review and from the Swedish Web system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence based care in Heart disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies (SWEDEHEART) electronic data collection platform.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
268
Percutaneous arteriotomy closed using a plug-based arteriotomy closure device (MANTA, Essential Medical Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania).
Surgical cut-down and arterial puncture under direct vision.
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Major vascular groin-related complication according to the VARC-2 definition criteria
Time frame: During the first 8 weeks after surgery
Minor vascular groin-related complication according to the VARC-2 definition criteria
Time frame: During the first 8 weeks after surgery
Access-site related groin seroma
Time frame: During the first 8 weeks after surgery
Access-site related groin infection
Time frame: During the first 8 weeks after surgery
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