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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2009, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (8): 955-960.

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Research progress of pharmacotherapy on delayed cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage

XIONG Fang-ling, GAO Yi-lu   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2009-06-23 Revised:2009-07-27 Online:2009-08-26 Published:2020-10-30

Abstract: Delayed cerebral vasospasm (DCVS) is an important incapacitating or lethal cause after sub-arachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) , but the patho-physiolog-ical process was vague .The effective drugs of treating DCVS are particularly important including ion channel blockers or openers, endothelin synthetic inhibitor or receptor antagonist, anti-inflammatory agents, antioxi-dants, fibrinolytic agents, traditional Chinese herbs, etc. The article reviews the research progress in the preclin-ical and clinical pharmacotherapy on DCVS after SAH, and explores the applications and effects and debates about these therapeutic drugs at present .

Key words: subarachnoid hemorrhage, delayed cerebral vasospasm, pharmacotherapy

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