title: Acute cardiac injury after subarachnoid haemorrhage: two case reports.
abstract: It is well known that cardiopulmonary complications are often associated to subarachnoid haemorrhage. For appropriate therapeutic managing it is very important to distinguish acute coronary syndrome from neurogenic myocardial injury, which is a reversible condition. Furthermore, because the hearts of brain dead patients may be utilized for therapeutic purpose, it has became of importance to rule out erroneous diagnosis of cardiac ischemia in order to avoid rejection of hearts potential suitable for transplantation.We present a report of two female patients affected by cardiac complications caused by aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage admitted to our neurosurgical intensive care department.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Villa Sofia, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcì
authors.forename: Paolino
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Savatteri
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pizzuto
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giammona
authors.forename: Baldassare
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Renda
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lojacono
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sanfilippo