Intracranial venous pressures under conscious sedation and general anesthesia.
Daniel M S RaperThomas J BuellChing-Jen ChenDale DingRobert M StarkeKenneth C LiuPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2017)
Intracranial venous pressures are markedly affected by GA. In order to obtain an accurate measurement of MVPs and trans-stenosis gradients, patients undergoing investigation for IIH should undergo cerebral angiography and venous manometry under CS, which provides more reliable data for outcomes after VSS.