Sublingual Nitroglycerin Administration to Relieve Radial Artery Vasospasm and Retrieve Wedged Catheter: A Consideration in Neuroangiography

Background Radial artery spasm is a common hinderance during transradial approaches for neuroangiography. Ways of alleviation have been described, including patient sedation, local lidocaine, or even prophylactic administration of intra‐arterial vasodilators. Methods We present a case of a wedged ca...

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Main Authors: Asad S. Akhter, Richard Gumina, Shahid Nimjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-03-01
Series:Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SVIN.121.000155