Intra-arterial nimodipine to treat symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage. Technical case report

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1197-1202

  Conti, Alfredo ^a   Angileri, Filippo Flavio ^a   Longo, Marcello ^b   Pitrone, Antonio ^b   Granata, Francesca ^b   La Rosa, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral vasospasm; Endovascular; Intra arterial Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIMODIPINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 55949116653     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0141-0     Document Type: Article

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