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A simple and effective postangiographic femoral artery pressure dressing

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We describe a simple, inexpensive pressure dressing which supplements manual pressure and may be applied quickly and easily following femoral arterial puncture for angiography. This technique has been used on several thousand patients without complications.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Tamara Miner Haygood M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 87131-5336, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Jon Spar & William W. Orrison

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, 48109-0030, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    O. Petter Eldevik

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Haygood, T.M., Spar, J., Orrison, W.W. et al. A simple and effective postangiographic femoral artery pressure dressing. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 16, 262–263 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602976

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