Venous Access Site Closures Using the VASCADE Vascular Closure System.

This single-center, retrospective study describes using the VASCADE Vascular Closure System (Cardiva Medical, Inc, Santa Clara, California) to close 32 venous access sites in 21 consecutive patients (11 females; 10 males; age 45 y ± 19) after catheter-directed interventions. Sheath sizes were 5-10 F (8.7 F ± 1.

Transjugular liver access cannula as a guiding instrument for the recanalization of chronic venous occlusions.

Background: Chronic venous occlusions can result in debilitating symptoms and can be refractory to standard methods of venous recanalization because of the formation of dense fibrous tissue. A transjugular liver access cannula can be incorporated into recanalization efforts to treat such refractory cases. This report describes our experience using the transjugular liver access cannula technique in nine patients.