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Cardiol Ther (2015) 4:59–63 DOI 10.1007/s40119-014-0034-7 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Pre-closure of Large-Sized Arterial Access Sites in Adults Undergoing Transcatheter Structural Interventions • • • Tahir Hamid Tawfiq R. Choudhury Bernard Clarke Vaikom S. Mahadevan To view enhanced content go to www.cardiologytherapy-open.com Received: November 19, 2014 / Published online: December 23, 2014 The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Methods: One hundred consecutive patients ABSTRACT underwent 101 femoral artery access sites Introduction: Patients undergoing structural closures with the Perclose device using the heart interventions often require large-sized pre-closure technique. Sixty-two percent of the sheath insertion into femoral arteries and patients were male and their mean (SD) age was veins. Clinical outcome data on the use of 52 (±26) years. All patients received heparin. suture-mediated devices for large femoral Results: Mean arterial access site sheath arterial access in structural heart interventions diameter was 13 ± 2Fr. Immediate hemostasis is limited. We assessed the efficacy of the was achieved in 96/101 (96%) procedures TM Perclose (Abbott Vascular Devices, Santa (B2 min). Two patients (2%) had access site- Clara, CA, USA) suture-mediated device using related complications requiring further the pre-closure technique in achieving interventions. On clinical follow up [mean
Cardiology and Therapy – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 23, 2014
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