Extravascular compared to Intravascular Femoral Closure is Associated with Less Bleeding and Similar MACE after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Various types of vascular closure devices (VCDs) are frequently utilized in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in order to prevent arterial access site bleeding, which represents one of the most relevant complications associated with adverse clinical outcomes. This study aims to compare directly two mechanistically different types of femoral closure (FC) devices in patients undergoing PCI. This single-center, prospective, observational study includes consecutively patients either treated by the extravascular StarClose SE® (Abbott, Illinois, U.

Analysis of breast self-examination training efficiency in women between 20-60 years of age in Turkey.

This research was aimed at defining the application of breast self-examination (BSE) and its effectiveness. The subjects were 220 women aged 20-60 living at the centre of Cankiri and who consented to participate. Data were gathered through a BSE information form (IF).