Cerebral vascular spasm

A new diagnostic and neurosurgical approach, based on advances in neuropharmacology and neurosciences

D. Voth, P. Glees, E. Betz, K. Schürmann, D. Voth, P. Glees, E. Betz, K. Schürmann

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9783110100297
• eBook ISBN: 9783110847000
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• I. Anatomy of cerebral vessels and regulation of cerebral blood flow
• Anatomic variations and anomalies of the cerebral arterial circle of Willis and its central branches
• The relation of glia to cerebral blood vessels and neurons
• The innervation of the central nervous system vasculature in the rabbit (A preliminary study)
• Electrical and chemical control of activation processes in vascular smooth muscle
• Experimental noradrenaline- and hydroperoxide induced contractions in segments of carotid arteries
• Regulating mechanism of cerebral micro-circulation during enhanced and decreased functional activity of nervous tissue
• Post-ischaemic reactivity of pial arteries, an experimental study
• Comparative morphological, biochemical and pharmacological investigations of a spontaneously active smooth muscle
• The significance of vascular resistance in reperfusion following cerebral ischaemia
• II. Experimental investigations of the pathophysiology and therapy of cerebral angiospasm
• Vasospasm in hypertensive rats induced by dihydralazine (Nepresol)
• Determination of local metabolic rate and local blood flow in the brain using the 2-deoxyg}ucose- and iodoantipyrine techniques
• Vasoconstrictor and vasodilator substances, their effect on arterial preparations under isometric and constant flow conditions
• The influence of peripheral and central monoamine systems on the development of experimental cerebral vasospasm in rats
• Effects of calcium removal and organic calcium entry blockers on contractile responses in isolated feline cerebral and mesenteric arteries
• Calcium antagonists and smooth muscle
• Cerebral angiospasm, Ca-current and Ca-antagonists
• Anti-vasoconstrictor effects of calcium antagonists: comparative experiments on isolated cerebral vessels, with special reference to nimodipine
• Nimodipine for chronic vasospasm due to subarachnoid haemorrhage in primates
• The effect of the calcium antagonist nimodipine on experimental vasospasm of cat
• III. Clinical pathophysiology of cerebral angiospasm
• The clinical picture of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
• Histopathological changes in cerebral vasospasm
• Pathological physiology of cerebral blood flow disturbance in vasospasm
• A review of neurotransmitters and hormones implicated in mediating cerebral vasospasm
• Cerebral ischaemia due to vasospasm after subarachnoidal haemorrhage
• Spasm of vertebral artery due to blunt mechanical impact: phenomenon and problem
• Pathophysiological and pharmacological aspects of cerebral vasospasm (A discussion of experimental studies)
• Spontaneous regression of carotid stenosis and its differential diagnoses
• Grading of spontaneous subarachnoidal haemorrhage
• IV. Diagnostic procedures and clinical criteria of cerebral angiospasm
• Neuroradiological aspects of cerebral angiospasm
• Cerebral angiospasm: differential diagnostic considerations
• Noninvasive transcranial Doppler ultrasound recording in basal cerebral arteries — a new approach to the evaluation of cerebrovascular spasm
• Flow pattern studies during operation for aneurysm
• Angiospasms after aneurysm surgery in the acute stage. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound findings
• The ultra short-lived isotope 195mAu — a new diagnostic tool in quantitative cerebral blood flow measurements
• Influence of stenotic/occlusive lesions of cerebral arteries and subarachnoidal haemorrhage on lactate and glucose content in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
• Determination of regional glucose metabolism in patients with ischaemic infarct by positron emission tomography
• nrCBF for the assessment of cerebral vasospasm and its therapy
• Serial measurement of regional cerebral blood flow in patients with subarachnoidal haemorrhage using 133xenon inhalation and emission computed tomography
• Regional cerebral blood flow measurement in cerebral vasospasm — timing of diagnostic and surgical procedures
• V. Therapy of angiospasm — choices of treatment and likely success
• The incidence of cerebral vasospasm on the timing of surgery during the first week following an aneurysmal rupture (60 cases in a series of 265)
• Dangers of early operation for prevention of vasospasm in subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Vasospasm, its effect on timing the treatment of aneurysm of cerebral vessels
• Treatment of arterial spasm after aneurysmal surgery and subarachnoid haemorrhage with induced hypertension
• The use of nimodipine in patients following subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Preliminary observations on the use of nimodipine and Prostaglandine Ei in acute subarachnoid haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke
• The use of the Ca-antagonist nimodipine in the prevention and the treatment of clinical ischaemia after subarachnoidal haemorrhage and the value of early aneurysm surgery
• A trial with nimodipine, a calcium entry blocker for the prevention and treatment of ischaemic brain damage
• Nimodipine in prevention and treatment of cerebral vasospasm after SAH
• Tolerance of temporary arterial occlusion in early aneurysm surgery
• Prevention of symptomatic vasospasm in patients suffering from subarachnoidal haemorrhage — preliminary results of an open study
• Specific calcium antagonism: a new and effective therapy of cerebral vasospasm?
• The treatment of cerebral arterial spasm with nimodipine (Observations based on intra-carotid injections)
• Therapeutical application of the calcium antagonist nimodipine in intracranial vasospasms following subarachnoidal haemorrhage
• Double-blind study on the use of a calcium antagonist (verapamil) against vasospasms following subarachnoid haemorrhage (preliminary results)
• Therapeutic profile of calcium antagonists
• VI. Survey and summary of the meeting
• List of Contributors
• Author's Index
• Subject Index