Summary
Three points concerning the authors' studies on arterial spasms are reported.—1. Spasms of the internal cervical carotid artery are often transient and seem to react to adrenolytic drugs.—2. Experiments carried out on dogs show that intra-arterial injections of a mixture of drugs reputed to be vasodilatative may provoke arterial spasms.—3. Report of the occurence in one case of a diffuse spasm in the carotid system with diffuse dilatation of the venous system.
Résumé
Les auteurs soulignent trois points ressortant de leurs études sur les spasmes artériels. 1. les spasmes de la carotide interne cervicale sont souvent transitoires et réagissent aux drogues adrénolytiques; 2. l'expérimentation sur le chien montre que l'injection simultanée de drogues réputées vasodilatatrices peut provoquer des spasmes; 3. description d'un cas de spasme diffus de l'artère carotide interne avec dilatation également diffuse du système veineux.
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Spasmen der Arteria carotis interna sind oftmals vorübergehend und scheinen auf adrenolytische Substanzen zu reagieren. Experimentelle Untersuchungen an Hunden zeigten, daß intra-arterielle Injektionen von Vasodilatatoren arterielle Spasmen hervorrufen können. Ferner berichten die Autoren über einen Fall von diffusen Spasmen des Carotis-Kreislaufs, die mit einer allgemeinen Venenerweiterung verbunden waren.
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Wackenheim, A., Babin, E., Muhlmann, M. et al. Arterial spasms. Neuroradiology 3, 193–198 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339953
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