SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;
VASOSPASM;
ANGIOGRAPHY;
RAT BRAIN;
D O I:
10.1007/BF01400635
中图分类号:
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号:
摘要:
The course of vasospasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage in rats was studied using vertebrobasilar angiography. Wistar and Sprague Dawley rats were compared with respect to vasospastic response after bleeding. A more pronounced vasospasm was found in Sprague Dawley rats. In order to avoid a possible toxic effect on the contrast medium, only one angiogram per animal was initially performed. However, a comparison with the results obtained in a separate series of non-challenged animals demonstrated a difficulty due to high variability in basilar artery size in the latter group. Therefore, vasospasm can be more readily shown if multiple angio-grams are used in the same animal so that the vasospasm can be expressed as a percentage of the initial diameter of the basilar artery. It was found that multiple angiograms are well tolerated when non-ionic contrast media are used.