title: Cardiologic complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: Cardiac complications are frequent in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). They include ECG abnormalities, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial damage, and neurogenic pulmonary edema. The pathophysiology of these abnormalities is related to an imbalance of the autonomic cardiovascular control and to increased circulating and local myocardial tissue catecholamines. Cardiac involvement is more common in patients with severe neurological deficits and it may increase the morbidity associated with SAH because of the occurrence of life-threatening arrhythmias or pulmonary edema. Monitoring of cardiac events in patients with SAH might result in a better understanding of their clinical outcome, as well as providing a basis for specific treatment capable of preventing myocardial necrosis and cardiac arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Bentivoglio Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Pasquale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lusa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urbinati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biancoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerè
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Borgatti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinelli
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology