Cura F A, Kapadia S R, L'Allier P L, Schneider J P, Kreindel M S, Silver M J, Yadav J S, Simpfendorfer C C, Raymond R R, Tuzcu E M, Franco I, Whitlow P L, Topol E J, Ellis S G
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 2000 Oct 1;86(7):780-2, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01081-x.
We compared in-hospital femoral complications of Angio-Seal, Perclose, and manual compression in consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interventions in the era of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa platelet inhibition. Femoral closure devices have a similar overall risk profile as manual compression, even in patients treated with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa platelet inhibition, although certain rare complications such as retroperitoneal hemorrhage and severe access-site infection may be more common with the use of these devices.