Coronary Spasm in Neurosurgical Patients and Role of Trigeminocardiac Reflex

Background. Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is a rarely reported complication in neurosurgical patients and its main causative mechanism was attributed to vagal mediated responses. However, these may be the unusual manifestations of trigeminal cardiac reflex (TCR) which is a well established brain stem...

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Main Authors: Tumul Chowdhury, Cyrill Meuwly, Nora Sandu, Ronald B. Cappellani, Bernhard Schaller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Neurology Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/974930
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