Table 2.
Procedural characteristics
| Characteristic | Mechanical N = 10 |
VersaCross N = 23 |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transseptal success, n (%) | 10 (100) | 23 (100) | 1 |
| Delivery of Edwards sheath over Amplatz/VersaCross wire, n (%) | 10 (100) | 23 (100) | 1 |
| Number of wires used, n (%) | 2 (2-2) | 1 (1-1) | <0.005 |
| Femoral vein access to TSP (mins) | 40 (25-46) | 18 (10-27) | 0.048 |
| Femoral vein access to first Pascal device release (mins) | 146 (115-176) | 94 (73-130) | 0.029 |
| Pericardial effusion/cardiac tamponade | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Periprocedural stroke | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Periprocedural mortality | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Procedural characteristics. Continuous data are presented as median and interquartile range. Categorical data are presented as absolute numbers and frequencies.
Abbreviation: TSP, transseptal puncture