Clinical Study

Prophylactic Intra-Arterial Injection of Vasodilator for Asymptomatic Vasospasm Converts the Patient to Symptomatic Vasospasm due to Severe Microcirculatory Imbalance

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Sixty-nine-year-old female. Postruptured right internal carotid artery aneurysm clipping. Angiography was done on the seventh day after the subarachnoid hemorrhage. Red, yellow, and green indicate the internal carotid artery, the middle cerebral artery, and the anterior cerebral artery, respectively. (a) Time-density curve for contrast medium for preintra-arterial injection of vasodilator. (b) Integration curve for contrast medium for the preintra-arterial injection of vasodilator. (c) Time-density curve for contrast medium for the postintra-arterial injection of vasodilator. (d) Integration curve for contrast medium for the postintra-arterial injection of vasodilator.
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