background paracentesis is a common bedside therapeutic and diagnostic procedure that requires insertion of a catheter into the peritoneal cavity; however, lack of a specialized fixator for securing the catheter causes frequent catheter kinking and patient discomfort. objectives this study aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of a designed paracentesis fixator in reducing patient discomfort and pr...

conclusions: catheter ablation of flutter circuit will not prevent later manifestation of af in 16% of the patients undergoing catheter ablation of the typical afl. bmi was the only independent predictor of af following catheter ablation of the typical afl. objectives; to determine long-term incidence and predictors of af after catheter ablation of typical afl. material and methods: between mar...

BACKGROUND Despite the US Dialysis Outcome Quality Initiative )DOQI( guidelines, for various reasons, increasing numbers of end-stage renal disease patients are becoming dependent on cuffed haemodialysis catheters (HCs) for chronic haemodialysis access. Their use is complicated by frequent failure due to thrombosis and catheter-related sepsis. In our unit, all HCs are put in place by the radiol...

AIMS Data on long-term follow-up of patients who have undergone catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) are very limited. This report aimed at presenting clinical outcome and AF-free survival after pulmonary vein (PV) isolation over an extended (>3 years) follow-up period. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-nine patients subjected to PV isolation for paroxysmal AF were followed-up for at least...

Introduction: Peripheral Intravenous catheterization is the most commonly used invasive treatment method in patients admitted to the hospitals, but it has some complications. The indwell time of catheter is one of the factors associated with the occurrence of complications, especially phlebitis. In spite of the instructions for replacing the catheters after 72 hours, sometimes the complications...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Catheter ablation is an increasingly used treatment option for patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT) or electrical storm (ES). The QDOT Micro (QDOT) (Biosense Webster) a novel radiofrequency catheter that was found to allow rapid and effective pulmonary vein isolation among atrial fibrillation. There no p...

BACKGROUND In the last few years, peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter placement techniques and outcomes have become important because of the growing population of PD patients. Although there are a growing number of catheters placed by the minimally invasive Y-TEC peritoneoscopic technique, there are still limited data on outcomes for these catheters, especially those placed by a surgeon. We aimed...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary vein (PV) reconnection is frequently the cause of recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after ablation. The second-generation gold multi-electrode ablation (Gold-MEA) catheter has a new design possibly resulting in improved lesion formation compared with its predecessor. We aimed to determine the association between effective radiofrequency applications with the Gold-MEA...

This study aims to evaluate the outcome and complications of cuffed-tunneled catheters in pediatric patients. Between January 2010 and December 2013, 16 pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were included. 21 cuffed-tunneled hemodialysis catheters were inserted in patients for long-term hemodialysis access. No serious complications were observed in all patients receiving cathet...