Intraarterial papaverine as an adjunct to transluminal angioplasty for vasospasm induced by subarachnoid hemorrhage

K Livingston; L R Guterman; L N Hopkins

Intraarterial papaverine as an adjunct to transluminal angioplasty for vasospasm induced by subarachnoid hemorrhage

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1993 Mar-Apr;14(2):346-7.

Authors

K Livingston¹, L R Guterman, L N Hopkins

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14209.

PMID: 8456709
PMCID: PMC8332937

Abstract

Basilar artery vasospasm refractory to medical therapy was confirmed by clinical deterioration and angiography in a 47-year-old man; successful passage of a nondetachable balloon system and angioplasty were facilitated by intraarterial papaverine.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, Ruptured / complications
Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging
Angioplasty, Balloon*
Basilar Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Injections, Intra-Arterial
Male
Middle Aged
Papaverine / administration & dosage*
Radiography, Interventional
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications*
Vasoconstriction / drug effects*

Substances

Papaverine