The use of nimodipine in a patient with eclampsia: color flow Doppler demonstration of retinal artery relaxation.
Color flow Doppler ultrasonography was used to demonstrate a significant and sustained reduction in the central retinal artery pulsatility index after administration of the calcium antagonist nimodipine to a patient with eclampsia. Nimodipine is an effective cerebral vasodilator and may be useful in the management of eclamptic patients with severe vasospasm.
Belfort
M A
MA
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Carpenter
R J
RJ
Kirshon
B
B
Saade
G R
GR
Moise
K J
KJ
D000293:Adolescent; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D009553:Nimodipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012161:Retinal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D009553:Nimodipine