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Preferred term

Vasospasm, Intracranial  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Angiospasm, Intracranial
  • Angiospasms, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Angiospasm
  • Intracranial Angiospasms
  • Intracranial Vascular Spasm
  • Intracranial Vascular Spasms
  • Intracranial Vasospasm
  • Spasm, Intracranial Vascular
  • Spasms, Intracranial Vascular
  • Vascular Spasm, Intracranial
  • Vascular Spasms, Intracranial

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

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

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • aivojen angiospasmi
  • aivojen vasospasmi
  • aivojen verisuonikouristus
  • aivovaltimospasmi
  • intrakraniaalinen angiospasmi
  • intrakraniaalinen vasospasmi
  • intrakraniaalinen verisuonikouristus
  • kallonsisäinen angiospasmi
  • kallonsisäinen verisuonikouristus
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020301

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