Cardiac arrhythmias in subarachnoid haemorrhage.
In this prospective study 52 patients with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage were examined with respect to cardiac arrhythmias and their relationship to cerebral lesions. A continuous ECG was registered over an average of five days. Sinus tachycardia was the most frequently recorded arrhythmia, followed by multifocal ventricular extrasystoles, couplets, frequent supraventricular extrasystoles, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, asystolia and sinus arrhythmia. A significant correlation was found between the clinical manifestation of a midbrain syndrome and sinus arrhythmia, and multifocal ventricular extrasystoles. This correlation points to the autonomic cardiovascular centres as the structures involved.
Department of Neurology, University of the Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*