Cardiac arrhythmia as initial presentation of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Resource Type
- Authors
- F G H van der Kleij; A.A. van de Loosdrecht; J.M.L. Henselmans
- Source
- The Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 55:242-246
- Subject
- Adult
Male
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Heart disease
Aneurysm, Ruptured
Sudden death
Central nervous system disease
Electrocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Aneurysm
Tachycardia, Supraventricular
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Asystole
Rupture, Spontaneous
business.industry
Vascular disease
Cardiac arrhythmia
Intracranial Aneurysm
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
medicine.disease
Heart Arrest
Anesthesia
Acute Disease
cardiovascular system
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0300-2977
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.