Endovascular treatment of severe vasospasm in nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-541

  Samaniego, Edgar A ^a   Dabus, Guilherme ^a   Fuentes, Karel ^a   Linfante, Italo ^a  

^a BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NICARDIPINE; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CISTERNA MAGNA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NIMODIPINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84856255387     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9548-1     Document Type: Article

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