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Angioplasty of Vasospasm

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Interventional Neuroradiology

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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The morbidity and mortality from subarachnoid hemorrhage are extraordinarily high. In the first 3 months following a hemorrhage the mortality exceeds 50% (Allcock and Drake 1965; Graf and Nibbelink 1974). Among those who survive, fully two-thirds never regain the quality of life that they had prior to the hemorrhage (Mullan 1975; Ropper and Zervas 1984; Sah et al. 1969). Symptomatic vasospasm occurs in one-third of those who survive the initial hemorrhage (Allcock and Drake 1965; Mullan 1975). In 1984, Zubkov et al. first reported the successful treatment of vasospasm by transluminal angioplasty. Additional reports subsequently confirmed these initial encouraging results (Eskridge 1989; Newell et al. 1989; Higashida et al. 1989).

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  1. Department of Neurological Surgery RI-20, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Joseph M. Eskridge M.D. (Associate Professor of Radiology)

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  1. Abteilung für Neuroradiologie Departement Medizinische Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland

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Eskridge, J.M. (1993). Angioplasty of Vasospasm. In: Valavanis, A. (eds) Interventional Neuroradiology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84434-8_8

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