title: Final report of the European multi-center registry using the Duett vascular sealing device.
abstract: Duett, a novel vascular sealing device, was first clinically used in July 1997. A European multi-center registry was established to evaluate the safety and procedural success of the Duett sealing device in a broad range of patients undergoing diagnostic or interventional endovascular procedures. At 25 European sites 1587 patients were enrolled. All patients (> or = 18 years) must have given informed consent for the use of the sealing device after a diagnostic and/or interventional endovascular procedure performed via a femoral arterial approach. Standard length (< or = 10 cm) 5 to 9 F introducer sheaths had to be used. An ACT of < or = 400 s, and any approved GP IIb/IIIa platelet receptor antagonist was permitted. Successful deployment could be achieved in 96.2% (1526/1587 patients) with complete hemostasis within 2 to 5 minutes in over 95% of the patients. The complication-free rate was 96.4%. Arterial occlusions were rare (4 patients) and successfully treated with surgical repair in 1 and with thrombolysis in 3 patients. Pseudoaneurysms occurred in 34 patients, the majority (30/34) were successfully treated with ultrasound-guided compression or resolved spontaneously. The total rate of major complications was 2.6% (41/1587). The final results of the European registry demonstrate that the Duett sealing device can be used with a high procedural success following diagnostic and interventional endovascular procedures. The incidence of major complications is low and comparable to all other approved vascular closure devices and manual compression. CE-mark certification was approved at the end of 1998.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Müller Hospital, Munich, Germany. silber@med.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silber
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tofte
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Kjellevand
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grube
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gershony
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D012042:Registries; D013997:Time Factors