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Claudication secondary to Perclose use after percutaneous procedures
Author(s) -
Jang James J.,
Kim Michael,
Gray Bruce,
Bacharach J. Michael,
Olin Jeffrey W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20646
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , hemostasis , surgery , claudication , fibrous joint , stenosis , balloon , intermittent claudication , radiology , angioplasty , arterial disease , vascular disease
The use of suture‐mediated arterial closure devices has dramatically increased with the increased number of percutaneous procedures being performed. Complications from suture‐mediated closure devices have been underreported. Specifically, arterial stenosis resulting in claudication has not been previously described in detail. We present nine patients who presented with various leg symptoms after Perclose was used to achieve arterial hemostasis following percutaneous procedures. All cases were found to have significant arterial stenoses from the Perclose sutures. Once diagnosis was correctly made, the patients either underwent surgical repair or percutaneous balloon angioplasty and in all cases the symptoms abated. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.