{"id":4222,"date":"2010-03-18T08:27:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T08:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2023-11-10T08:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T02:38:25","slug":"right-coronary-artery-spasm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/right-coronary-artery-spasm\/","title":{"rendered":"Right coronary artery spasm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2nPOUxe7oPY?si=UVD4CF9BpJubtBW2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Right coronary artery spasm<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37054\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37054\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Right-coronary-artery-spasm.jpg\" alt=\"Right coronary artery spasm\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1135\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right coronary artery spasm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spasm of right coronary artery noted as a discrete narrowing in the proximal RCA without any significant lesion elsewhere. This is a quite common observation in the RCA and can be related to irritation by the catheter tip. It may subside spontaneously on withdrawal of the catheter. Most often this can occur with deep throating of the catheter within the RCA. But sometimes deep throating is necessary to get guide support during an angioplasty procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, intra coronary nitroglycerine is given to relieve the spasm before taking a repeat shot to demonstrate relief of the spasm. This image shows the relief of spasm after administering intra coronary nitroglycerine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37056\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37056\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Spasm-of-right-coronary-artery-relieved-with-nitroglycerine.jpg\" alt=\"Spasm of right coronary artery relieved with nitroglycerine\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1177\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spasm of right coronary artery relieved with nitroglycerine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right coronary artery spasm noted as a discrete narrowing in the proximal RCA without any significant lesion elsewhere; relieved with NTG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angiography-and-interventions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Right coronary artery spasm - relieved with nitroglycerine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Right coronary artery spasm noted as a discrete narrowing in the proximal RCA without any significant lesion elsewhere; 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