Quantifying the Learning Curve in Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access: Proficiency Metrics of Self-Taught Axillary Vein Puncture for CIED Implantation
The integration of US-guided AVP in a self-taught manner is feasible among electrophysiologists with experience in US-guided vascular access. A high success rate can be reached quickly and safely.
Authors
- Sotiria G. Giotaki
- Ioannis Anagnostopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3062-360X)
- Maria Kousta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9355-400X)
- Panagiotis Tolios
- Christos Piperis
- Christos Karavasilis
- Konstantinos Papathanasiou
- T Papaioannou
- Dimitrios A. Vrachatis
- Spyridon Deftereos
- Gerasimos Siasos
- Andreas Kaoukis
- Konstantinos Raisakis
- Georgios Giannopoulos
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas (GR)
- Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Hippocration General Hospital (GR)
- Sotiria General Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Sciences
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci14010115
- Primary Topic
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00