Hemostasis

Patient-relevant bleeding negatively affected quality of life and treatment adherence among patients on anticoagulant therapy, according to results of a survey presented at International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis Congress.

Assessing rate of forearm radial artery occlusion with distal radial vs. conventional transradial access.

The rate of forearm radial artery occlusion was “extremely low” after conventional transradial and distal radial access, whereas distal access was associated with higher crossover rate but a shorter hemostasis time, researchers reported.

Plug-based (Manta, Teleflex) vs. suture-based (ProGlide, Abbott Vascular) vascular closure systems for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Compared with the conventional transradial strategy for PCI, the distal transradial approach lowered the rate of forearm radial artery occlusion and shortened hemostasis time, according to new data.

In a trial of vascular closure systems in patients who had transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a plug-based system was associated with more vascular complications but shorter time to hemostasis compared with a suture-based system.

In a meta-analysis, researchers observed that severe direct oral anticoagulant-related bleeding death was relatively frequent, despite treatment with reversal agents, and that achieving hemostasis greatly improved survival.

HemoSonics registered its new QStat Cartridge, an extension of its Quantra Hemostasis System, for CE Mark making it available in Europe and Hong Kong for use in trauma surgery and liver transplant procedures, according to a press release.

Rivaroxaban and dabigatran reduced the risk for venous thromboembolism in children, according to three studies presented at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Congress.