JAMA - Closure Devices vs Compression for Femoral Artery Puncture

"Comparison of Vascular Closure Devices vs Manual Compression After Femoral Artery Puncture"

"Conclusions and Relevance  In patients undergoing transfemoral coronary angiography, VCDs were noninferior to manual compression in terms of vascular access-site complications and reduced time to hemostasis." 



http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1935125