Complications associated with intraarterial administration of papaverine for vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-115

  Tsurushima, Hideo ^a,c   Kamezaki, Takao ^a   Nagatomo, Yasushi ^a   Hyodo, Akio ^b   Nose, Tadao ^b  

^a Ibaraki Seinan Medical Center Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Intraarterial injection; Papaverine; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

PAPAVERINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034006808     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.112     Document Type: Article

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