RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Femoral Artery Complications Associated with the Mynx Closure Device
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1737
OP 1740
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A2153
VO 31
IS 9
A1 J.D. Fields
A1 K.C. Liu
A1 D.S. Lee
A1 S.J. Gonda
A1 A. Dogan
A1 S.H. Gultekin
A1 G.M. Nesbit
A1 B.D. Petersen
A1 S.L. Barnwell
YR 2010
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/9/1737.abstract
AB BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Devices to close a femoral arteriotomy are frequently used after catheterization for interventional radiology and cardiac procedures to decrease the time to hemostasis and ambulation and, potentially, to decrease local complications. The Mynx vascular closure device uses a sealant designed to occlude the access tract, resulting in hemostasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all cases in which the Mynx device was used and for which follow-up angiography was available. A total of 146 devices were deployed in 135 patients. A follow-up vascular study visualizing the femoral artery was performed in 26 patients (27 studies). RESULTS: There were 5 (5/27, 18%) cases of intravascular Mynx sealant on follow-up vascular imaging. Three pseudoaneurysms (3/27, 11%) were identified. CONCLUSIONS: In this small study, intravascular sealant and pseudoaneurysms were found frequently after femoral arterial closure with the Mynx vascular closure device. MAUDEManufacturer and User Facility Device ExperiencePASperiodic-acid-Schiff