Common Femoral Artery Injury Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized Comparison of Assiut Femoral Compression Device Versus Manual Compression in the Achievement of Hemostasis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
This study was performed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a locally designed Assiut Femoral Compression Device (AFCD) versus manual compression (MC). Femoral compression devices have been developed thorough the past decades without being strongly implemented in the catheterization laboratory. Their limited adoption reflects concerns of high cost and conflicting data regarding their safety
The intra-arterial sheaths were removed 6 hours after PCI in the MC group according to the standard local protocols. However for AFCD group, the sheaths were removed 2 hours after PCI instead of conventional 6 hours. To standardize compression times, AFCD were applied to patient and complete femoral artery compression were applied for 5 minutes, followed by a gradual release of pressure till distal pulse is palpated. Each patient received a minimum of 13 minutes of compression, with further compression applied only if full hemostasis had not been achieved at that point with maximum of 30 minutes. ;