Two studies comparing the use of manual chest compression vs. an automated chest compression device during resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest produce contrasting findings, according to ...

In an analysis of the ISAR-CLOSURE trial, use of vascular closure devices was as safe and effective as manual compression for artery closure in women undergoing transfemoral angiography. Researchers ...

New data presented Saturday at TCT 2014 show that, in patients undergoing transfemoral coronary angiography, vascular closure devices match manual compression in terms of vascular access site ...

(UPDATED) For patients undergoing transradial coronary angiography, manual and mechanical compression of the puncture site result in similar rates of radial artery occlusion, although the time ...