Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) as the presenting feature of infective endocarditis (IE) is rare. It has classically been described in association with the rupture of intracranial mycotic aneurysms (ICMA). Here we describe a very rare case of non-aneurysmal spontaneous SAH in a patient with IE. The patient originally presented with a headache and low-grade fever. Neuroimaging includin...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) serves as a good model for the study of heart-brain interactions because it is associated with both a high incidence of arrhythmia and a low prevalence of coronary heart disease. The pathophysiology of cardiac abnormalities in SAH is unsettled. Initial theories focused on sustained stimulation of cardiomyocytes at sympathetic nerve endings, but recent data suggest ...

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has the highest morbidity and mortality rates of all types of stroke. Many aneurysmal SAH patients continue to suffer from significant neurological morbidity and mortality directly related to delayed cerebral ischemia. Pilot clinical studies of the use of Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (statins) in aneurysmal SAH patients have reported a ...

Incidence of aneurysm of the anterior spinal artery is known to be very low and the standard treatment strategy has not yet been established. The author experienced a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) caused by the rupture of an aneurysm in the branch of the cervical anterior spinal artery, which was managed conservatively. The patient had end-stage common bile duct cancer and survived for ...

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), despite improvements in imagistic and medical treatment, is still a serious disease with high rates of case mortality and morbidity (40%). Technical planning and therapy options of patients with aneurismal SAH have changed during the angioCT and 3D angiography era, and long-term outcome has significantly improved during the past few decades. However, th...

Our study included 106 (46.1%) TBI patients suffered from pituitary dysfunction and 124 TBI patients with normal pituitary function. The differences between HPT and non-HPT were statistically significant in the initial CT scans showing basal fracture, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), brain contusion, epidural hematoma (EDH), subdural hematoma (SDH), and multiple hematoma as well as the midline sh...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Spontaneous idiopathic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with a perimesencephalic bleeding pattern is usually associated with a benign course, whereas a diffuse bleeding pattern has been associated with a higher risk of vasospasm and disability. We evaluated whether volume of bleeding explains this disparity. METHODS Pattern and amount of bleeding (by Hijdra and intraventri...

ANEURYSMAL subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) accounts for approximately 8% of all acute cerebrovascular events, affecting approximately 26,000 Americans each year. Unlike other forms of cerebrovascular disease, the incidence of SAH is not declining. The ultimate mortality of this disease without treatment approaches 50%, most of the deaths occurring in the first two weeks after the hemorrhage, and ...

ANEURYSMAL subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) accounts for approximately 8% of all acute cerebrovascular events, affecting approximately 26,000 Americans each year. Unlike other forms of cerebrovascular disease, the incidence of SAH is not declining. The ultimate mortality of this disease without treatment approaches 50%, most of the deaths occurring in the first two weeks after the hemorrhage, and ...

AIM To report our experience with a relatively large series of patients with non-traumatic non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (NNSAH) to identify the prognosis associated with different bleeding patterns as well as a further diagnostic work-up to determine the underlying cause. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2014, 81 patients with angiography-negative non-traumatic...