Pain and discomfort in closure of femoral access coronary angiography. The CLOSuredEvices Used in everyday Practice (CLOSE-UP) pain sub study

Pain and discomfort in relation to vascular closure are the predominant patient complaints after coronary angiography (CAG). No large-scale randomized studies have evaluated pain and discomfort after CAG with access site closure by manual compression versus a vascular closure device (VCD).To compare pain and discomfort after femoral artery closure by manual compression versus FemoSeal® VCD.The study is a sub study to the CLOSE-UP study, a...