Catastrophic subarachnoid hemorrhage resulting from ruptured vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-382

  Rabb, Craig H ^a   Barnwell, Stanley L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Hemorrhage; Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BASILAR ARTERY; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031933815     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199802000-00108     Document Type: Article

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