Balloon – Assisted Transaxillary Artery Closure (BATAC); A novel vascular closure approach in patients undergoing TAVI via percutaneous transaxillary access.

Key Points

• To evaluate the efficacy of balloon-assisted transaxillary artery closure (BATAC) during TAVI procedures.
• Conducted as a randomized controlled trial with participants undergoing TAVI via transaxillary access.
• Participants were assigned to receive either conventional closure or the BATAC technique.
• The study assessed complications and closure success rates.
• BATAC resulted in a closure success rate of 95% compared to 80% with conventional methods (p=0.003).
• Significantly fewer vascular complications were reported in the BATAC group (5% vs 15%, p=0.02).
• Overall patient recovery time was shorter in the BATAC group with a median of 2 days compared to 4 days with conventional closure.