Open AccessEffects of cocaine on carotid vascular reactivity in swine after balloon vascular injury.
Author(s) -
Boris D. Núñez,
Miao Lin,
James N. Ross,
M M Núñez,
Donald S. Baim,
Joseph P. Carrozza,
James P. Morgan
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.3.631
Subject(s) - vasoconstriction , medicine , vasospasm , phenylephrine , angioplasty , anesthesia , histamine , vasodilation , cardiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage , blood pressure
The use of cocaine has been associated with stroke. To evaluate carotid vasospasm as a potential mechanism of cocaine-induced stroke, we studied 12 swine immediately and 10 weeks after angioplasty.
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