Postoperative subarachnoid clots and the pattern of cerebral ischemia associated with symptomatic vasospasm

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-168

  Tanaka, Akira ^a,b   Kumate, Shigehiko ^a   Nakayama, Yoshiya ^a   Yoshinaga, Shinya ^a   Tomonaga, Masamichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral blood flow; Risk factor; Sub arachnoid clots; Symptomatic vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032005432     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00290-5     Document Type: Article

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