Table 1:
Complication rates and a comparison of hematoma rates between Angio-Seal and manual compression at different ACT levelsa
| ACT (sec) | Angio-Seal |
Manual Compression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without Hematoma | With Hematoma |
Total 104 (90)b | Without Hematoma | With Hematoma |
Total 70 (67)b | |||||
| <3 cm | 3–6 cm | >10 cm | <3 cm | 3–6 cm | >10 cm | |||||
| 250–300 | 72 (61) | 1 (1) | 73 (62) | 43 (43) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 3 (2) | 56 (55) | ||
| 300–350 | 14 (12) | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | 19 (17) | 6 (4) | 3 (3) | 9 (7) | |||
| 350–500 | 9 (9) | 3 (2)c | 12 (11) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 5 (5) | ||||
a
Complication rate (hematoma >10 cm) 0.96 (1.11)% for Angio-Seal and 4.28 (2.98)% for manual compression. Patient numbers and complication rates in parentheses.
b
Four patients with bilateral arteriotomies closed by Angio-Seal and manual compression, respectively.
c
One patient with bilateral Angio-Seal and bilateral hematomas simultaneously.