Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions
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Cardiovasc Revasc Med · Oct 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEffectiveness of sublingual nitroglycerin before puncture compared with conventional intra-carterial nitroglycerin in transradial procedures: a randomized trial.
Sublingual (SL) nitroglycerin administered before radial artery puncture can improve cannulation success and decrease the incidence of radial artery spasm (RAS) compared with intra-arterial (IA) nitroglycerin in transradial procedures. ⋯ SL nitroglycerin was not different from IA nitroglycerin in terms of efficiency and safety in overall study population. However it may be inferior to IA nitroglycerin in certain subgroups (shorter individuals, diabetics and smokers).