[The use of sodium nitroprusside in the anesthesiological support of cerebral angiography]

Complex study of the effect of sodium nitroprusside intra-arterial and intravenous infusion under local and general anesthesia on the cerebral, peripheral, and general hemodynamics during cerebral angiography was carried out in 43 patients with neurosurgical pathology (17 females and 26 males from 17 to 58 years of age). The authors proved the efficacy of intraarterial and, to a lesser measure, of intravenous sodium nitroprusside infusion in relieving spasm of the cerebral arteries developing during cerebral angiography.