Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: A complicated clinical course treated with intra-arterial application of nimodipine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-682

  Elstner, M ^a,b   Linn, J ^b   Muller Schunk S ^b   Straube, A ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intra arterial; Nimodipine; Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Thunderclap headache; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; RATING SCALE; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION SYNDROME; REVERSIBLE CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRITION SYNDROME; SMOKING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NIMODIPINE; SMOKING; SYNDROME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 65449183756     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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