ECG change of acute subarachnoid hemorrhagic patients

Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2011:111:357-9. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0693-8_60.

Abstract

Objective: This study intends to investigate whether the entry electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities of patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are related to the prognosis.

Methods: From 1998 to the present, 106 SAH patients who had no history of heart disease and were diagnosed with head CT were recruited.

Results: Abnormal ECG changes of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage patients were observed, with a total incidence rate of 63.2% (67/106). The incidence rate of allorhythmia was 22.6% (24/106), the repolarization abnormality was 14.2% (15/106), the conduction abnormality was 1.9% (2/106), and the combined abnormality was 21.7% (23/106). However, dividing the patients into two groups according to their entry consciousness state, no difference was observed between coma and alert groups (P=1.0000). In addition, the ECG changes had no relationship with the lesion degree and the outcome prognosis according to logistic regression analysis (P=0.0844).

Conclusions: In 106 SAH patients, we could not identify any relationship between the ECG and lesion degree and outcome prognosis.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / physiopathology*