BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebrospinal fluid drainage is often indicated in patients with acute hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage but is believed to increase the risk of rebleeding. We studied the risk of rebleeding in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage during treatment for acute hydrocephalus. METHODS We included patients with hydrocephalus treated with external ventric...

OBJECTIVE Infantile posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (IPHH) is the most common cause of infantile acquired hydrocephalus. We present and discuss our experience of treatment of six IPHH patients treated by a ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt. METHODS Six preterm infants treated by a VP shunt due to germinal matrix hemorrhage and hydrocephalus were included in our study. External ventricular draina...

background and aim: postoperative hemorrhage is a common complication following coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery. warming the patient may be effective on postoperative hemorrhage and blood transfusion. the main objective of this study was to determine the effect of postoperative active warming of the patient on hemorrhage and blood transfusion after off-pump cabg surgery. methods: th...

We report two patients with massive intratumoral hemorrhage in pineal tumors. A 23-year-old male with pineocytoma, whose (MRI, CT) image demonstrated obstructive hydrocephalus, was subjected to a right ventriculoperitoneal shunt. His consciousness deteriorated, and he experienced massive intratumoral hemorrhage and later died. Another case of pineal tumor was a 47-year-old male who underwent em...

Rupture of the free wall of the left ventricle occurs in approximately 4% of patients with infarcts and accounts for approximately 20% of the total mortality of patients with myocardial infractions. Relatively few cases are diagnosed before death. Several distinct clinical forms of ventricular free wall rupture have been identified. Sudden rupture with massive hemorrhage into the pericardium is...

Background Microvascular obstruction (MO) is one of the most important predictors of adverse outcome after reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction (MI). Myocardial hemorrhage has been described as a contributor to reperfusion injury. Due to a lack of appropriate imaging techniques, the consequences of reperfusion hemorrhage have not been studied. The purpose of this study is to inves...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy or "broken heart syndrome," is a reversible cardiac disorder characterized by left ventricular dysfunction without significant obstructive coronary artery disease. It classically secondary to emotional stress in postmenopausal women but can be physical stress. This report presents unique case of takotsubo induced intracranial...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of intraventricular fibrinolysis (IVF) compared with external ventricular drainage alone on mortality and functional outcome in the management of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage. METHODS The authors conducted a systematic review and performed a meta-analysis....