title: Intravascular misplacement of an extravascular closure system: StarClose.
abstract: Closure devices for closing femoral arteries following catheterization procedures are routinely used. They reduce time of immobilization and decrease complications such as bleeding and aneurysm formation. We report of a new vascular closure device (StarClose, marketed by Abbott) that was misplaced in the femoral artery with subsequent vascular stenosis and need for surgical removal and plastic reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau-Berlin, Germany. ulrich.stock@charite.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flach
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyhöfer
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albes
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butter
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography