Angioplasty
Research from Freeman Hospital, Radiology Department in angioplasty provides new insights
Published in Drug Week, January 5th, 2007
New research, "Use of the profunda femoris to facilitate closure of an antegrade puncture with the StarClose device after proximal SFA angioplasty," is the subject of a report. Researchers in the United Kingdom conducted a study "To report a novel technique for safely closing antegrade common femoral artery (CFA) punctures using the StarClose device after proximal superficial femoral artery (SFA) angioplasty. TECHNIQUE: The vessel locator of the StarClose device should not be deployed within a recently dilated vessel, so after proximal SFA angioplasty, the sheath is withdrawn into the CFA."
"A second guidewire is inserted into the profunda femoris artery followed by...
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Source: Drug Week (2007-01-05)
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