Two Years of Extravascular Closure With the Mynx® Vascular ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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The incidence of vascular complications after catheterization procedures remains of critical interest because bleeding is the most common noncardiac complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and studies show that such complications may compromise longer-term morbidity and mortality.1,2 Since adoption of the Seldinger technique, manual compression has been considered the gold standard of access site hemostasis. Although the efficacy of closure devices is generally not disputed, early studies show mixed safety results.3-5 However, during the last decade, clinical studies comparing closure devices to manual compression have demonstrated a shift toward favorable results with closure devices.6,7

CLINICAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTING USE OF VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICES Recently, reports and trends have emerged showing the benefits of vascular closure devices (VCDs) in reducing the risk of access si...