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Intracranial pressure during ventriculography using meglumine iothalamate
Acta Neurochirurgica
|January 1, 1976
Abstract:
A small increase in ventricular fluid pressure (1.3 +/- 0.3 mm Hg) occurs on isovolumetic addition of meglumine iothalamate to the lateral ventricle. A marked increase (46.3 +/- 3.2 mm Hg: P less than 0.001) in pressure occurs on passage of the contrast medium into the posterior part of the third ventricle; the aqueduct and the fourth ventricle. Theoretical mechanisms are discussed.
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