MANAGEMENT WITH NIMODIPINE OF THE CEREBRAL VASOSPASM SECONDARY SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE DUE TO THE RUPTURE OF AN INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM

The cerebral vasospasm secondary to subarachnoid hemorrage due to the rupture of an intracranial aneurysm has a high morbimortality. Its cause is still unknow, so we obtain controversial results after prevention and treatment. We studied two groups, of 29 patients each one, where the first was treated with sistemic nimodipine, and the second was the control group. We did not observed any correlation between the clinic vasoespasm or the symptomatic, and the radiographic one. There was no difference between the final results of both groups. No colateral effects were shown in other organs with the use of this agent.