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Table 1 Conventional XRAY/Retrograde Technique versus Novel XFM/Antegrade Technique

From: 109 Antegrade percutaneous closure of membranous ventricular septal defect using X-Ray fused with MRI (XFM)

 

Conventional XRay Guided Retrograde Technique

Novel XFM Guided Antegrade Technique

Difference Between XFM vs XRAY

p value 2-tailed t test)

VSD crossing time

275 ± 161 s

132 ± 90 s

143 ± 199 s

p = 0.04

Sheath platform time

469 ± 170 s

97 ± 102 s

372 ± 221 s

p < 0.001

Fluoroscopy time

493 ± 184 s

180 ± 127 s

288 ± 229 s

p = 0.001

Radiation dose-area-product (DAP)

5318 ± 2261 mGm2

2433 ± 2381 mGm2

2885 ± 1862 mGm2

p < 0.001