Subcutaneous administration of nitroglycerin to facilitate radial artery cannulation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-391

  Pancholy, Samir B ^a   Coppola, John ^b   Patel, Tejas ^c  

^a Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Sterling Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Local; Spasm; Transradial; Vasodilators

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY SPASM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE RATE; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; PULSE; RADIAL ARTERY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33748296089     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20881     Document Type: Article

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