title: Improved clinical effectiveness with a collagen vascular hemostasis device for shortened immobilization time following diagnostic angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
abstract: This study prospectively compared immobilization time followed by use of a vascular hemostasis device (VasoSeal) versus manual compression to achieve hemostasis at the arterial puncture after angiography and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The trial shows that use of a vascular hemostasis device results in earlier mobilization, even in highly anticoagulated PTCA patients compared with manual compression, with no statistically significant complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medizinische Universitäts-Klinik, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brachmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansah
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kosinski
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Schuler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003094:Collagen; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen