PATENS Trial Nitroglycerin Fails to Prevent Radial Artery Occlusion irrespective of time of admins
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Transradial access (TRA) has grown to become the default access site. However, TRA is not without challenges and complications. TRA is technically more difficult with a longer learning curve and is associated with radial artery spasm and radial artery occlusion (RAO), particularly in females and elderly patients.
A recent study suggests that administration of nitroglycerin upon radial sheath insertion or right before sheath removal was shown not to be associated with a reduction in RAO rates. The study findings were published in the JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions on March 21, 2022.
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