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Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and cerebral vasospasm (CV) are severe complications of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) contributing to an inferior outcome. Rescue therapies include intra-arterial balloon angioplasty and repetitive and finally continuous intra-arterial nimodipi...

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Autores principales: Knoll, Andreas, Durner, Gregor, Braun, Michael, Schmitz, Bernd, Wirtz, Christian Rainer, König, Ralph, Pala, Andrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10555600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37782962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE23339
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author Knoll, Andreas
Durner, Gregor
Braun, Michael
Schmitz, Bernd
Wirtz, Christian Rainer
König, Ralph
Pala, Andrej
author_facet Knoll, Andreas
Durner, Gregor
Braun, Michael
Schmitz, Bernd
Wirtz, Christian Rainer
König, Ralph
Pala, Andrej
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description BACKGROUND: Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and cerebral vasospasm (CV) are severe complications of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) contributing to an inferior outcome. Rescue therapies include intra-arterial balloon angioplasty and repetitive and finally continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion. OBSERVATIONS: In the presented case, a young female patient with fulminant refractory DCI and CV, despite induced hypertension and nimodipine application, was treated with three-vessel continuous intra-arterial infusion and additional repetitive angioplasty of the basilar and middle cerebral arteries using a stent retriever, leading to a good clinical outcome. Additional stent retriever dilatation to continuous intra-arterial nimodipine application in three vessel territories may represent a further escalation step in the rescue therapy for severe CV and DCI after SAH. Montreal Cognitive Assessment and SF-36 testing showed satisfactory results 3 months after initial treatment with intra-arterial nimodipine catheters in three vessel territory circulations and additional stent retriever vasodilation of severe CV. LESSONS: We report a unique rescue strategy involving implantation of an additional intra-arterial catheter into the vertebral artery and repetitive stent retriever dilatations of the middle cerebral and basilar arteries as an extra therapy for continuous intra-arterial nimodipine vaspospasmolytic therapy in three vessel territories, resulting in a very good clinical outcome.
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spelling pubmed-105556002023-10-07 Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case Knoll, Andreas Durner, Gregor Braun, Michael Schmitz, Bernd Wirtz, Christian Rainer König, Ralph Pala, Andrej J Neurosurg Case Lessons Case Lesson BACKGROUND: Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and cerebral vasospasm (CV) are severe complications of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) contributing to an inferior outcome. Rescue therapies include intra-arterial balloon angioplasty and repetitive and finally continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion. OBSERVATIONS: In the presented case, a young female patient with fulminant refractory DCI and CV, despite induced hypertension and nimodipine application, was treated with three-vessel continuous intra-arterial infusion and additional repetitive angioplasty of the basilar and middle cerebral arteries using a stent retriever, leading to a good clinical outcome. Additional stent retriever dilatation to continuous intra-arterial nimodipine application in three vessel territories may represent a further escalation step in the rescue therapy for severe CV and DCI after SAH. Montreal Cognitive Assessment and SF-36 testing showed satisfactory results 3 months after initial treatment with intra-arterial nimodipine catheters in three vessel territory circulations and additional stent retriever vasodilation of severe CV. LESSONS: We report a unique rescue strategy involving implantation of an additional intra-arterial catheter into the vertebral artery and repetitive stent retriever dilatations of the middle cerebral and basilar arteries as an extra therapy for continuous intra-arterial nimodipine vaspospasmolytic therapy in three vessel territories, resulting in a very good clinical outcome. American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2023-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10555600/ /pubmed/37782962 http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE23339 Text en © 2023 The authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
spellingShingle Case Lesson
Knoll, Andreas
Durner, Gregor
Braun, Michael
Schmitz, Bernd
Wirtz, Christian Rainer
König, Ralph
Pala, Andrej
Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title_full Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title_fullStr Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title_full_unstemmed Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title_short Combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
title_sort combined stent retriever angioplasty and continuous intra-arterial nimodipine infusion as salvage therapy for cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: illustrative case
topic Case Lesson
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10555600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37782962
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE23339
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