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Intracranial pressure during ventriculography using meglumine iothalamate

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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 < 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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Shaw, M.D.M., Miller, J.D. & Steven, J.L. Intracranial pressure during ventriculography using meglumine iothalamate. Acta neurochir 34, 273–278 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01405884

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