In that trial, distal radial procedures were associated with more radial artery spasm (2.7% vs 5.4%, respectively, P=0.015) but not more pain.

In the majority of patients with radial artery spasm (81.7%), the operator had to forgo the transradial route, with spasm being the most frequent cause (35.5%) of access site crossover. Factors ...

The early administration of nitroglycerin was associated with a trend toward less radial artery spasm compared with placebo (10.8% vs 13.4%; P = 0.067). In multivariate analysis, arterial spasm and ...

Among experienced operators, prophylactic nitroglycerin did not prevent radial artery spasm during transradial access compared with placebo, though it was associated with fewer incidences among ...

Distal radial procedures were associated with more radial artery spasm (2.7% vs 5.4%, P=0.015) but not more pain. Overall bleeding events and vascular complications did not differ between groups.

Intra-arterial vasodilator (5 mg verapamil) is injected through the sheath to reduce radial artery spasm (RAS). Sedation may occasionally be necessary in extremely anxious patients as circulating ...

Radial artery access is safe and feasible for peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) ... (1.9%) from arterial spasm, arm pain, and noncrossable lesions, and 2 patients (1.3%) ...

Despite the introduction of medications to prevent blocking and spasm, long-term graft patency of the radial artery as a bypass conduit has been questioned. Here, Desai and colleagues compare the ...

Compared with the conventional transradial strategy for PCI, the distal transradial approach lowered the rate of forearm radial artery occlusion and shortened hemostasis time, according to new ...

Spasm at site of atherosclerotic coronary artery narrowing increases risk of heart attack. Kumamoto University. Journal Journal of the American College of Cardiology ...