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Distribution of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage assessed using cone beam CT angiography
  1. Francesco Diana1,
  2. Daniele Giuseppe Romano1,
  3. Simone Peschillo2,3
  1. 1 Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital 'San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona', Salerno, Campania, Italy
  2. 2 Department of Surgical Medical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia" - Endovascular Neurosurgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
  3. 3 Endovascular Neurosurgery, Pia Fondazione Cardinale Giovanni Panico Hospital, Tricase, LE, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Francesco Diana, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital 'San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona', via San Leonardo, Salerno (SA), 84125, Campania, Italy; francesco.diana.md{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-018528

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    We read with interest the article by Simonato et al on the distribution of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage assessed using cone beam CT angiography.1 The authors assessed cerebral arterial diameters with cone beam CT angiography in a cohort of 30 patients who underwent percutaneous balloon angioplasty for cerebral vasospasm and concluded that symptomatic cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage does not involve arteries smaller than 900 µm and frequently predominate in middle or distal segments.

    The authors hypothesized that small arteries have a reduced vasoconstriction ability due to their thinner muscular wall. However, this speculation is not in line with several studies assessing the myogenic response of cerebral vessels.2–6 All of these studies defined the myogenic vasoconstriction or vasodilatation of brain …

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    • Contributors FD conceived and wrote the letter. DGR and SP helped with the final editing and approval.

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