Treatment of traumatic arterial vasospasm with intraarterial papaverine infusion

A B Vardiman; T A Kopitnik; P D Purdy; H H Batjer; D S Samson

Treatment of traumatic arterial vasospasm with intraarterial papaverine infusion

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Feb;16(2):319-21.

Authors

A B Vardiman¹, T A Kopitnik, P D Purdy, H H Batjer, D S Samson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8855, USA.

PMID: 7726078
PMCID: PMC8338325

Abstract

We report a case of severe posttraumatic arterial vasospasm treated with repetitive intraarterial papaverine infusions. The salient features of the mechanism of action of papaverine are included.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries / complications*
Carotid Artery, Internal
Cerebral Angiography
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
Ischemic Attack, Transient / diagnostic imaging
Ischemic Attack, Transient / drug therapy*
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Papaverine / administration & dosage*
Recurrence
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / complications

Substances

Papaverine