Study	Reason for exclusion
Baim 2000	ProStar‐Plus device was used with an 8 Fr or 10 Fr sheath size, but data are not presented separately. We contacted study authors twice but received no response
Beyer‐Enke 1996	Could not confirm with study authors that access for the procedure was attained through the femoral artery
Chalmers 2007	EVICEL is not a vascular closure device
Chevalier 2000	Data on review outcomes were not presented in the study report (abstract)
Jean‐Baptiste 2008	Not a randomised controlled trial
Kurşaklioĝlu 2008	Cannot confirm that this is a randomised controlled trial and that access was attained via the femoral artery
Larzon 2015	Did not use a vascular closure device
Leinbudgut 2013	Participants were randomised by drug received to prevent bleeding rather than by vascular closure device (VCD)
Lupi 2012	Not a randomised controlled trial
Neudecker 2003	Not a randomised controlled trial
Ratnam 2007	Not a randomised controlled trial
Slaughter 1995	Cost‐effectiveness analysis. No relevant data
Smilowitz 2012	Not a randomised controlled trial
Starnes 2003	Arteriography participants who were treated with 7 Fr to 10 Fr sheaths. Data are not presented according to sheath size. Attempts to contact the study author for specific data were unsuccessful