Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We report the case of a 55-year-old patient who suffered an aSAH complicated by severe left ventricular failure, who subsequently developed symptomatic cerebral vasospasm. Left ventricular failure precluded traditional hemodynamic augmentation, and IABP was successfully used instead, which allowed for reinstitution of hypertensive hypervolemic therapy and prevented delayed cerebral ischemia. RESULTS: A review of the literature conducted on symptomatic cerebral vasospasm after aSAH and severe left ventricular failure revealed seven publications describing 14 patients with aSAH treated with an IABP during the period of vasospasm. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Christos Lazaridis, Gustavo Pradilla, Paul A Nyquist, Rafael J Tamargo |
Journal | Neurocritical care
(Neurocrit Care)
Vol. 13
Issue 1
Pg. 101-8
(Aug 2010)
ISSN: 1556-0961 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20383610
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Cardiomyopathies
(complications, etiology)
- Cerebral Angiography
- Echocardiography
- Heart Failure
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
- Heart Ventricles
- Humans
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
- Intracranial Aneurysm
(complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Stunning
(complications)
- Shock, Cardiogenic
(complications, therapy)
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Vasospasm, Intracranial
(complications, diagnostic imaging)
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