title: Clip-based arterial haemostasis after antegrade common femoral artery puncture.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Given the frequent involvement of infra-popliteal arteries, an ipsilateral antegrade common femoral artery puncture (ACFAP) is usually preferred to a contralateral retrograde femoral access for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). Because of the frequent difficulty to get a sufficient manual pressure on the puncture site, ACFAP is burdened by a high number of bleeding local complications, including retroperitoneal haematoma. We report a series of patients who consecutively received a clip-based arterial closure device after ACFAP and ipsilateral PTA for CLI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty patients (73+/-6 years; 18 men; 100% diabetes) admitted to our hospital because of CLI consecutively underwent peripheral PTA after an ACFAP and received a clip-based arterial closure device. Time to haemostasis was defined as the interval elapsed between clip deployment and first observed haemostasis. All patients were mobilized after 6 h. Follow-up was 30 days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients were on double anti-platelet therapy. At the end of the procedure, Activation Clotting Time was 226+/-37 s. Procedural success in delivering the clip was 100%. Time to haemostasis was 21+/-19 s. No major local vascular complications and in particular no retroperitoneal bleeding were documented. All patients could be discharged within the following 3 days. No major complications were noted during a 30 days follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of a clip-based arterial closure device after ACFAP for peripheral PTA in CLI seems to be safe and effective.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fantoni
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Medda
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mollichelli
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neagu
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briganti
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lo Monaco
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baravelli
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Inglese
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments