Diseases

Intracranial Vasospasm

Constriction of arteries in the SKULL due to sudden, sharp, and often persistent smooth muscle contraction in blood vessels. Intracranial vasospasm results in reduced vessel lumen caliber, restricted blood flow to the brain, and BRAIN ISCHEMIA that may lead to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN).

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Constriction of arteries in the SKULL due to sudden, sharp, and often persistent smooth muscle contraction in blood vessels. Intracranial vasospasm results in reduced vessel lumen caliber, restricted blood flow to the brain, and BRAIN ISCHEMIA that may lead to hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN).

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31 entry terms
  • Angiospasm, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Angiospasm
  • Intracranial Vascular Spasm
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial
  • Angiospasms, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Angiospasms
  • Intracranial Vascular Spasms
  • Intracranial Vasospasms
  • Spasm, Intracranial Vascular
  • Spasms, Intracranial Vascular
  • Vascular Spasm, Intracranial
  • Vascular Spasms, Intracranial
  • Vasospasms, Intracranial
  • Cerebral Angiospasm
  • Cerebral Artery Spasm
  • Cerebral Vasospasm
  • Cerebrovascular Spasm
  • Angiospasm, Cerebral
  • Angiospasms, Cerebral
  • Artery Spasm, Cerebral
  • Artery Spasms, Cerebral
  • Cerebral Angiospasms
  • Cerebral Artery Spasms
  • Cerebral Vasospasms
  • Cerebrovascular Spasms
  • Spasm, Cerebral Artery
  • Spasm, Cerebrovascular
  • Spasms, Cerebral Artery
  • Spasms, Cerebrovascular
  • Vasospasm, Cerebral
  • Vasospasms, Cerebral

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2000; for CEREBRAL VASOSPASM use CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA, TRANSIENT 1966-1999

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Previous Indexing

  • Ischemic Attack, Transient (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.300w.900w
  2. C14w.907w.253w.951w

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WL 355

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Vasospasm. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020301. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020301
  2. Intracranial Vasospasm. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_vasospasm
  3. Intracranial Vasospasm. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5064103