VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICES FOR VENOUS ACCESSES IN ANTICOAGULATED PATIENTS AFTER CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

Standard protocol (242 accesses in 62 cases) Closure device (761 accesses in 204) P value Age; years 59.8 ± 7.7 60.9 ± 10.6 0.39 Gender; Male (%) 74.2% 75% 0.96 BMI (kg/m2) 33.3 ± 8.9 31.3 ± 6.4 0.09 ACT seconds 190.8 ± 37.6 309.0 ± 58.3 < 0.0001 INR 1.26 ± 0.38 1.55 ± 0.6 < 0.0001 Minor bleed...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-03, Vol.65 (10), p.A420-A420
Main Authors: Abo-Salem, Elsayed, Miller, Brian E., Wexler, Laura, Attari, Mehran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood transfusions
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Catheters
Compression therapy
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Summary:Standard protocol (242 accesses in 62 cases) Closure device (761 accesses in 204) P value Age; years 59.8 ± 7.7 60.9 ± 10.6 0.39 Gender; Male (%) 74.2% 75% 0.96 BMI (kg/m2) 33.3 ± 8.9 31.3 ± 6.4 0.09 ACT seconds 190.8 ± 37.6 309.0 ± 58.3 < 0.0001 INR 1.26 ± 0.38 1.55 ± 0.6 < 0.0001 Minor bleeding 12.9% 13.7% 0.96 Moderate bleeding 1.6% 1.96% 0.72 Hospital stay, days (median) 1.22 1 0.08 Drop in hemoglobin (gm/dl) 2.05 ± 1.4 1.9 ± 1 0.45 Vascular closure versus manual compression protocol
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(15)60420-X