Statin treatment of cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2019-2023

  Trimble, Jason L ^a   Kockler, Denise R ^b,c,d  

^a SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HMG CoA reductase inhibitors; Statins; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDASE SYNTHASE; PRAVASTATIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SIMVASTATIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 36849010581     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K301     Document Type: Article

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