Cardiac arrhythmias associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage: prospective study.
This is a prospective study of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) secondary to ruptured aneurysm. Twenty per cent of the patients had serious, life-threatening arrhythmias. However, 100% of the patients had some kind of cardiac arrhythmia. The arrhythmias occurred during the first 48 hours after SAH. Such arrhythmias occur in patients without overt, pre-existing heart disease, hypoxemia, or electrolyte imbalance. A prolonged Q-T interval is frequently observed in patients with SAH who develop serious ventricular arrhythmias. (Neurosurgery, 5: 675--680, 1979).
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology