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Frequency and Predictors of Acute and Persistent Femoral Artery Occlusion in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Study Using Ultrasonography for Arterial Access and the Diagnosis of Arterial Occlusion

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Femoral arterial access is challenging in infants. Furthermore, after cardiac catheterization, femoral arterial occlusion (FAO) can be underestimated and easily missed on physical examination. Ultrasound is recommended for femoral arterial access and the correct diagnosis of FAO; however, few studies have reported its effectiveness.To investigate the frequency and risk factors of acute loss of the arterial pulse (ALAP) and persistent femoral arterial occlusion (PFAO) in infants with congenital heart disease who underwent ultrasound˗guided femoral arterial access (US-GFAA) and were diagnosed with FAO by ultrasound.We obtained data related to patient characteristics, access variables of US˗GFAA, and ultrasonography findings of the femoral artery from our pediatric cardiac catheterization database between August 2017 and August 2022. We divided the patients into groups based on the presence of ALAP and PFAO. We identified ALAP in 99 (19%) patients and PFAO in 21(4%) of 522 patients in the study. The median patient age was 132 days (interquartile range: 75˗202 days). The logistic regression analysis identified younger age, aortic coarctation, previous catheterization of the same femoral artery, larger sheath size (5F), and longer duration of cannulation as independent risk factors for ALAP and younger age as an independent risk factor for PFAO (all p < 0.05). This study showed that younger age at procedure was a risk factor for both ALAP and PFAO, while aortic coarctation, previous arterial catheterization, use of a larger sheath and longer duration of cannulation were risk factors for ALAP in infants. The majority of FAO is reversible and secondary to arterial spasm, and the of FAO increases inversely with patient age.

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Gokdemir, M., Cindik, N. Frequency and Predictors of Acute and Persistent Femoral Artery Occlusion in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease: A Study Using Ultrasonography for Arterial Access and the Diagnosis of Arterial Occlusion. Pediatr Cardiol 44, 1191–1200 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-023-03180-3

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