Improvement in angiographic cerebral vasospasm after intra-arterial verapamil administration

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1923-1928

  Sehy, Jonathan V ^a   Holloway, W E ^a   Lin, S P ^a   Cross III, D T M ^a   Derdeyn, C P ^a   Moran, C J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL; VERAPAMIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649639744     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2215     Document Type: Article

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