Intra-arterial nicardipine infusion improves CT perfusion-measured cerebral blood flow in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced vasospasm

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Nogueira, R G ^a,b,e   Lev, M H ^c   Roccatagliata, L ^c   Hirsch, J A ^a   Gonzalez, R G ^c   Ogilvy, C S ^d   Halpern, E F ^c   Rordorf, G A ^b   Rabinov, J D ^a   Pryor, J C ^a  

^a Neurocritical Care and Vascular Neurology Section

^b Diagnostic Neuroradiology Section

^c Department of Neurosurgery

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICARDIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARDIPINE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 58249128285     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1275     Document Type: Article

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