TABLE 1:

Summary of patients in this study

PatientAge (y)SexH&HAneurysmTreatmentVasospasmHHHPost-treatment Examination(*)
158FIIILeft PCOMClippedMildNoBetter
256FIIIRight SCA, vermian AVMNBCA gluedModerateYesUnchanged
360FIACOMClippedMildYesBetter
463FIIIRight MCAClippedMildNoUnchanged
463FIIIRight MCAClippedMildYesBetter
548FIVBasilarCoiledModerateNoBetter
651FVACOMClippedSevereYesWorse
739FIRight PCOMClippedModerateYesUnchanged
865FIIIRight ACOMClippedMildNoUnchanged
939FIBasilarFailed clipping and coilingSevereNoWorse
1053MIIIRight vertebral dissectionCoiledSevereYesUnchanged
1145FVACOMClippedSevereYesUnchanged
1145FVACOMClippedSevereYesUnchanged
1241FVACOMCoiledSevereNoUnchanged
1241FVACOMCoiledSevereNoBetter
1360MILeft MCAClippedSevereYesBetter
1465FIIIACOMClippedMildYesBetter
1517FIIILeft ACOMClippedModerateNoUnchanged
1660FIIIBasilarClippedSevereNoUnchanged
1743MIIIBasilarClippedModerateYesUnknown
1842FVLeft MCAClippedSevereYesUnchanged
1948FVLeft PICACoiledSevereYesUnchanged
2078FIIILeft PICACoiledMildYesUnknown
2169FIVACOMClippedModerateYesUnchanged
2256FIVLeft MCAClippedMildYesUnchanged
2256FIVLeft MCAClippedMildYesUnchanged
2347FIBasilar,bilateral MCAClippedSevereNoWorse
2347FIBasilar,bilateral MCAClippedSevereYesBetter
2469MIIIRight MCAClippedModerateNoUnchanged
2539MIIIRight MCAClippedMildYesUnchanged
2669FIIILeft choroidal, bilateral MCAL choroidal clipped, L MCA wrappedModerateYesUnchanged
2765MIVACOMClippedMildYesBetter
2863MVACOMClippedSevereNoUnknown
2958MIVLeft SCAClippedModerateYesBetter
  • Note.—H&H indicates Hunt and Hess grade; HHH, hypertension, hypervolemia, and hemodilution treatment; F, female, M, male; PCOM, posterior communicating artery; SCA, subclavian artery; AVM, arteriovenous malformation; ACOM, anterior communicating artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PICA, posterior inferior cerebellar artery; NBCA, 𝓃-butyl-cyanoacrylate.

  • * Post-treatment neurologic examinations were reviewed by an independent stroke neurologist.

  • Patients who underwent repeat treatment with verapamil.

  • Patients who underwent repeat control angiography 10 to 15 minutes after verapamil infusion.