Rupture of a cerebral aneurysm associated with nifedipine treatment.
We describe rupture of a cerebral arterial aneurysm in a 32 year old hypertensive woman following the introduction of nifedipine treatment. It is suggested this relationship is causal rather than coincidental and mediated through cerebral arterial vasodilatation.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced*
D009543:Nifedipine