The PATENS Trial: What does this mean for nitroglycerin in reducing radial artery occlusion?

Written by Aaysha Cader, MD, MRCP and Saidur Rahman Khan, MD, PhD Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh Transradial access (TRA) is gaining increasing popularity for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions globally. Radial Artery Occlusion (RAO) however, is the most frequent complication of transradial access. An occluded radial artery precludes its future use for … Read more