Epinephrine Treatment in Occlusive Cerebral Infarction

摘要

The angiographic course in 13 cases with occlusive cerebral infarct treated with repeated epinephrine injections and in 10 cases with the same diagnosis treated with cerebral vasodilators and heparin was followed. In 8 out of 13 cases of the first group, repermeabilization of the occluded cerebral vessel took place; in the second group, the clearing of the occlusive process was less frequent (2 out of 10 cases). The favourable results obtained by epinephrine administration might be ascribed to the activation of the higher autonomic centres, which displayed in patients with occlusive cerebral infarct a manifest inertia. Thus, the administration of epinephrine appears to be a causal treatment of this affection.