The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
Randomised comparison of manual compression and FemoSeal™ vascular closure device for closure after femoral artery access coronary angiography: the CLOSure dEvices Used in everyday Practice (CLOSE-UP) study
Niels R. Holm*, MD; Birthe Sindberg, RN; Mia Schou, RN; Michael Maeng, MD, PhD; Anne Kaltoft, MD, PhD; Morten Bøttcher, MD, PhD; Lars R. Krusell, MD; Jakob Hjort, MPH; Leif Thuesen, MD, DMSc; Christian J. Terkelsen, MD, PhD; Evald H. Christiansen, MD, PhD; Hans Erik Bøtker, MD, PhD, DMSc; Steen D. Kristensen, MD, DMSc; Jens F. Lassen, MD, PhD; for the CLOSE-UP study group
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
Aims: To compare in a randomised trial the safety and efficacy of the FemoSeal vascular closure device (VCD) versus manual compression (MC) after femoral access coronary angiography (CAG)