Efficacy of nicardipine prolonged-release pellet on cerebral vasospasm in dogs

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Kawashima, Akitsugu ^a   Kasuya, Hidetoshi ^c   Shiokawa, Kazuhiko ^c   Miyajima, Makoto ^b   Izawa, Masahiro ^c   Takakura, Kintomo ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c Toko Women's Medical College ^*

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Dog; Drug delivery system; Nicardipine; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; NICARDIPINE; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG IMPLANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; NICARDIPINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031929718     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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