Methods Of Postcathetrisation Haemostasis In Peripheral Vascular Interventions

   Advances in vascular interventional radiology as for example stentgraft implantation, drug eluting stents, mechanisms and tools for thrombus, embolus or atherosclerotic plaques removal (mechanical thrombectomy and atherectomy devices), intravascular ultrasound utilisation, pulse flow reserve measurement, massive use of modern antithrombotics, anticoagulants and fibrinolytics in cardiovascular medicine, together with epidemy of civilisation diseases (obesitas, hypertension, atherosclerosis, DM), population aging and polymorbidity lead to prolonged manual compression after diagnostic and therapeutic interventions with rapid increase in postpuncture complication rate, patient dyscomfort and prolonged treatment time. Percutaneous closure devices offer new potential possibility of decrease of time to hemostasis, time to ambulation, time to discharge and decrease in postcatheterisation complications after invasive procedures via arterial puncture site and also important rationalisation of department operation.