Pharmacologic testing as an adjunct to neuroendovascular procedures.
Pharmacologic testing is a method that may be employed to predict the permanent outcome of arterial embolization. Various drugs used for these tests and their differential indications are discussed. Pharmacologic testing provides an additional margin of safety and is useful as an adjunctive tool when performing embolizations of vessels supplying the head, brain, or spinal cord.
Mathis
J M
JM
Departments of Radiology and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Barr
J D
JD
D001158:Arteries / Q000187:drug effects*; D001463:Barbiturates; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D009420:Nervous System / Q000098:blood supply*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
D001463:Barbiturates; D008012:Lidocaine