Nimodipine as vasodilator in guide catheter flush to prevent vasospasm during endovascular stroke treatment

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• What: The authors aimed to evaluate the effect of adding nimodipine as vasodilator to the GCF on the occurrence of vasospasm during EVT and on the clinical outcome after acute stroke and EVT. With this study, the authors demonstrated that patients, prophylactically treated with nimodipine as vasodilator via the guide catheter flush (GCF), might experience vasospasm less often during EVT. At nearly 30%, the general rate of vasospasm is high in this study compared to the literature .
• Who: Louisa J. Sommer and colleagues from the Department of, Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany have published the . . .
  

   

  

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