Efficacy of Manual Hemostasis for Percutaneous Axillary Artery Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Removal

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristic	Manual Hemostasis (N = 29)
Age–years (range)	55.9 (21–74)
Male–no. (%)	21 (72.4)
Weight–kg (range)	87.5 (40–151.8)
BMI–kg/m^2 (range)	29.5 (18–59)
Non-African American–no. (%)	26 (89.7)
African American–no. (%)	3 (10.3)
Diabetes mellitus–no. (%)	6 (20.7)
Coronary artery disease–no. (%)	3 (10.3)
Chronic kidney disease–no. (%)	11 (37.9)
LVEF-(%) (range)	19 (10–55)
Access left axillary artery–no. (%)	29 (100)
Ambulated–no. (%)	29 (100)
Median duration of insertion–days (range)	12 (1–54)
Median compression time–min. (Range)	20 (5–60)
Removal at bedside–no. (%)	19 (65.5)