Segmental cerebral vasoconstriction: Successful treatment of secondary cerebral ischaemia with intravenous prostacyclin

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 890-895

  Grände, Per Olof ^a   Lundgren, Anders ^a   Bjartmarz, Hjalmar ^a   Cronqvist, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Call Fleming syndrome; cerebral ischaemia; dysphasia; prostacyclin; segmental reversible cerebral vasoconstriction; thunderclap headache

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTACYCLIN; TRAMADOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHASIA; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SEGMENTAL CEREBRAL VASOCONSTRICTION; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WHITE MATTER; APHASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; FALLING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY HEADACHE; SPINE FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; APHASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPOPROSTENOL; HEADACHE DISORDERS, PRIMARY; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 78349291909     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102409352909     Document Type: Article

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