Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 347-353 , October 2009

Near-complete resolution of angiographic cerebral vasospasm after extreme elevation of mean arterial pressure: case report

  • Wilson Z. Ray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 362 3577; fax: +1 314 362 2107.
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  • Christopher J. Moran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Colin P. Derdeyn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Michael N. Diringer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Ralph G. Dacey Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Gregory J. Zipfel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8057, St Louis, MO 63110, USA

Received 16 July 2008 ,Accepted 9 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.10.006

Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 347-353 , October 2009

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