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SynthesisCirculation. Cardiovascular interventions2021

Ultrasound- Versus Fluoroscopy-Guided Strategy for Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Access: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Rafail A Kotronias, Jonathan J H Bray, Skanda Rajasundaram, Flavien Vincent, Cedric Delhaye, Roberto Scarsini, Federico Marin, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Julian P J Halcox, Mamas A Mamas and 3 more

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Synthesis in Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Computed tomography derived anatomical predictors of vascular access complications following transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A systematic review.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Ultrasound guidance for transfemoral access in coronary procedures: an individual participant-level data metaanalysis from the femoral ultrasound trialist collaboration.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024
    Pooled it
  3. Can Ultrasound-Guided in-Plane Puncture Technique Enhance the Precision of Femoral Artery Access? The Randomized PARFEM Trial.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025
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  8. Secondary access and routine protection wire for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the SURF-TAVR registry.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  9. Ultrasound versus angiographic guided access in transfemoral TAVI: intra-operator evaluation of vascular and bleeding complications.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  11. A propensity-matched comparison of plug- versus suture-based vascular closure after TAVI.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  20. Cusp overlap versus standard three-cusp technique for self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valves.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Rafail A Kotronias *Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).ORCID 0000-0001-8132-6130
Jonathan J H Bray *Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).ORCID 0000-0003-1167-6295
Skanda RajasundaramOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).
Flavien VincentCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille-Cardiologie, France (F.V., C.D., E.V.B.).ORCID 0000-0002-1007-1473
Cedric DelhayeCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille-Cardiologie, France (F.V., C.D., E.V.B.).
Roberto ScarsiniOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).ORCID 0000-0002-5916-8882
Federico MarinOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).ORCID 0000-0001-8776-6647
Dimitrios Terentes-PrintziosOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).
Julian P J HalcoxInstitute of Life Sciences 2, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Swansea University Medical School, United Kingdom (J.J.H.B., J.P.J.H.).
Mamas A MamasKeele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research, Keele University, UK and Heart Centre, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (M.A.M.).ORCID 0000-0001-9241-8890
Rajesh KharbandaOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).
Eric Van BelleCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille-Cardiologie, France (F.V., C.D., E.V.B.).ORCID 0000-0001-6509-443X
Adrian P BanningOxford Heart Centre, Oxford University Hospitals, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (R.A.K., J.J.H.B., S.R., R.S., F.M., D.T.-P., R.K., A.P.B.).ORCID 0000-0002-2842-7861

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Catheterization, PeripheralTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementFemoral ArteryFluoroscopyHumansRisk FactorsTreatment Outcomefluoroscopymorbidityperipheral vascular diseasespuncturestranscatheter aortic valve replacementultrasound

Identifiers

PMID34538068
PMCPMC8522629

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