Publications by authors named "Senta M Gewalt"
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed the safety and effectiveness of vascular closure devices (VCD) versus manual compression in 1395 women undergoing transfemoral catheterization for coronary angiography.
- *Results showed that women had a higher risk of vascular access-site complications compared to men, but VCD and manual compression had similar complication rates for women.
- *VCD reduced the time to hemostasis significantly, though more women needed repeat manual compression after using VCD, and there was a slight advantage of intravascular VCD over extravascular VCD in reducing complications.*
Objectives: To assess the safety and efficacy of arteriotomy closure with the intravascular FemoSeal vascular closure device (VCD; St. Jude Medical) compared to manual compression in patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization via the common femoral artery.
Background: There is limited evidence on the performance of individual contemporary VCDs compared to manual compression.