Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H. Intensive care unit patients who required acute renal replacement therapy were randomized to catheterization in the jugular vein (n = 375) or the femoral vein (n = 375).

During the TAVR procedure, a collapsible heart valve is placed into the body via catheter through a femoral artery in the groin (transfemoral approach) or through the chest (transapical approach).

The mean amount of contrast was 97 cc (range 6-350 cc), and the mean catheterization time (the ... arteriovenous malformations). The right femoral artery access was used in 68%, the left femoral ...