title: Cardiac arrhythmia as initial presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death are most frequently caused by preexisting heart disease. Rarely, cardiac arrhythmia is a first symptom of an acute neurological event. We describe a patient with asystole and other cardiac arrhythmias, as initial symptoms of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Several aspects of cardiac arrhythmias and acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. f.g.h.van.der.kleij@int.azg.nl
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: van der Kleij
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Henselmans
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van de Loosdrecht
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed