Transdermal nitroglycerin in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-439

  Reinert, Michael ^a   Wiest, Roland ^a   Barth, Laurence ^a   Andres, Robert ^a   Ozdoba, Christoph ^a   Seiler, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CBF; Cerebral vasospasm; Nitroglycerin; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; TCD

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IOMEPROL; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NITROGLYCERIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 2942556563     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225015976     Document Type: Article

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