Angio-Seal™ has shown to be Safe and effective also in patients with poorly controlled arterial pressure after the procedure. 

Optimal femoral artery puncture site management after transcatheter diagnostic or interventional procedures is a decisive factor for patient safety and overall number of complications related to the procedure, hospital efficiency regarding procedure and discharge time intervals, and both patient and physician satisfaction. In a catheterization laboratory suite the time spent for manual compression to close the femoral access site represents a large proportion of occupancy time of the suite and of the overall activity of the personnel involved during daily routine. Thus, the opportunity to rapidly clear the suite at the end of a procedure is very important for speeding-up the entrance of a new patient and to allow both nurses and technical personnel to have more time for other clinical activities instead of being employed in manual compression. In addition, the use of a closure device permits an early ambulation with better patient satisfaction and reduction of total hospitalization time. Overall, those factors may contribute to a more efficient management of the daily volume of patients admitted for diagnostic and interventional procedures. The safety of closure device utilization is one of the most important aspects that should be considered when using these type of systems. Some general...continua a leggere