Novel femoral artery puncture closure device in patients undergoing interventional and diagnostic cardiac procedures.

Background: The wide range of closure devices for arterial access sites still leaves room for improvement.

Methods And Results: We report our initial experience with a novel, cost-effective, suture-mediated device (6 French X-PRESS device, X-SITE Medical, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) for closure of the arterial access site after both diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. A total of 51 consecutive patients are reported.