Source: mailto:anant.m.vyas@camden.gov.uk
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, U.K., June 12, 2009: [HPI note: A note from a doctor in the UK, alerting to religious issues related to a medical product.] Hindus who may have to undergo Angioplasty with PCI [percutaneous coronary intervention] will experience a procedure that, normally, takes more than four hours of complicated interventions. The patient has to be completely still for the whole procedure.
Most doctors want to seal the aperture in the femoral artery fast by using a plug made from bovine collagen that expands and seals a bit quicker. This product is called angioseal. It is Collagen Enhanced Fibrin Sealant (made from human thrombin and bovine aprotinin to stimulate the natural process of healing).