Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthesia Cream Can Reduce Both the Radial Pain and Sympathetic Response During Transradial Coronary Angiography.
10.4070/kcj.2011.41.12.726
- Author:
Young Jin YOUN
1
;
Woo Taek KIM
;
Jun Won LEE
;
Sung Gyun AHN
;
Min Soo AHN
;
Jang Young KIM
;
Byung Su YOO
;
Seung Hwan LEE
;
Junghan YOON
;
Kyung Hoon CHOE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea. jyoon@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Keywords:
Anesthesia, local;
Coronary angiography;
Radial artery
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, Local;
Arteries;
Blood Pressure;
Contracts;
Coronary Angiography;
Heart Rate;
Humans;
Lidocaine;
Prilocaine;
Radial Artery;
Spasm;
Stroke Volume;
Vascular Resistance
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2011;41(12):726-732
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: adial artery spasm is one of the most common complications of transradial coronary angiography (TRA): the radial artery is prone to cathecholamine-induced contraction and radial pain during TRA could increase the sympathetic tone. The object of this study was to evaluate whether the eutectic mixture of local anesthesia (EMLA) cream, in addition to lidocaine infiltration, could reduce the sympathetic response by reducing radial pain during TRA. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Seventy-six patients were randomized 1 : 1 to either EMLA or control groups. Radial pain was measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the verbal rating scale (VRS-4). Sympathetic response, including systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse rate (PR), stroke volume (SV) and total peripheral resistance (TPR), was measured by photoplethysmography. RESULTS: Radial pain measured during lidocaine infiltration was significantly lower in the EMLA group (VAS: 3.1 vs. 4.0, p=0.04; VRS-4: 2.0 vs. 2.2, p=0.03) and the sympathetic response was significantly blunted in the EMLA group from baseline to lidocaine infiltration (DeltaSBP, mm Hg: 5 vs. 13, p<0.01; DeltaDBP, mm Hg: 2 vs. 7, p=0.03; DeltaPR, beat/min: 2 vs. 8, p<0.01, DeltaSV, mL: 3 vs. 21, p<0.01; DeltaTPR, mm Hg . L/min: 1.0 vs. 5.9, p<0.01). CONCLUSION: In patients undergoing TRA, the EMLA cream, in addition to lidocaine infiltration, effectively reduces the radial pain and thereby the sympathetic response, during lidocaine infiltration.
