Marc Kottmaier, Felix Bourier, Tilko Reents, Alina Reiter, Marielouise Kornmayer, Verena Semmler, Martha Telishevska, Katharina Koch-Büttner, Michael Deiss, Stephanie Brooks, Christian Grebmer, Carsten Lennerz, Christoph Kolb, Gabriele Hessling, Isabel Deisenhofer
The aim of this study was to compare safety and feasibility of a subcutaneous purse-string suture (PSS) with manual compression (MC) to gain hemostasis in patients after multiple femoral venous punctures undergoing electrophysiological procedures on uninterrupted oral anticoagulation (OAK). A total of 784 patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (n = 564) or (a)typical atrial flutter (n = 220) were assessed. Four hundred sixty-two patients received PSS (58.9%) and 322 patients (41...
June 1, 2017: American Journal of Cardiology