Roadmap Guidance for the Safer Deployment of an Arterial Closure Device

Arterial closure devices reduce the time to hemostasis, ambulation, and discharge after percutaneous arterial catheterization, but there is an increased risk of arterial occlusive complications compared with manual compression. As a step toward the elimination of this risk, the authors describe a technique where the movement of a balloon-tipped vessel locator and its final position at the site of closure mechanism deployment are monitored with roadmap fluoroscopic imaging.