Journal article
Endovascular management of cerebral vasospasm following aneurysm rupture: Outcomes and predictors in 116 patients
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, Vol.118, pp.26-31
03/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.12.012
PMID: 24529225
Abstract
To retrospectively assess the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment of cerebral vasospasm with different modalities and assess predictors of outcome.
Endovascular treatment was indicated in the event of neurological deterioration refractory to medical therapy. Data were collected for 116 patients treated at our institution.
Vasospasm was treated with balloon angioplasty in 52.6%, intra-arterial nicardipine infusion in 19.8%, or both in 27.6%. Angiographic vasospasm was reversed in all but 4 (96.6%) patients. The complication rate was 0.9%. Twenty patients (17.2%) had incipient pre-procedure hypodensities; 3 (15%) hypodensities were reversed and neurological improvement occurred in 60% of these patients. Retreatment was required in 22 (19%) patients. Higher Hunt and Hess grades and treatment with nicardipine alone predicted retreatment. Neurological improvement was noted in 82%. Male gender, pre-procedure hypodensities, and posterior communicating artery aneurysm location negatively predicted neurological recovery. Favorable outcomes were noted in 73%. Higher Hunt and Hess grades, pre-procedure hypodensities, posterior circulation aneurysms, and no neurological recovery predicted poor outcome.
Endovascular therapy for vasospasm has an excellent safety-efficacy profile. Balloon angioplasty and nicardipine are equally effective but effects of nicardipine are less durable. Patients with incipient pre-procedure hypodensities benefit from endovascular intervention and should probably not be excluded from treatment.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Endovascular management of cerebral vasospasm following aneurysm rupture: Outcomes and predictors in 116 patients
- Creators
- Nohra Chalouhi - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAStavropoula Tjoumakaris - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAVismay Thakkar - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAThana Theofanis - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAChristine Hammer - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USADavid Hasan - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USARobert M Starke - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAChengyuan Wu - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAL. Fernando Gonzalez - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USARobert Rosenwasser - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USAPascal Jabbour - Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, Vol.118, pp.26-31
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.12.012
- PMID
- 24529225
- ISSN
- 0303-8467
- eISSN
- 1872-6968
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2014
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984040351502771
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