Electrocardiographic changes in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

• Main Authors: Anabel Pérez Fernández, Jorge Mederos Hernández
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana 2016-01-01
• Series: Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
• Online Access: http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/1078

<p style="margin-right: -14.4pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> for the last hundred years the relationship between hemorrhagic cerebrovascular events and electrocardiographic alterations has been studied, as well as their significance as a prognostic factor for mortality. <strong><br /> Objective</strong>: to characterize the electrocardiographic alterations in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at their arrival to the Emergency Room. <strong><br /> Material and Method:</strong> an observational descriptive and transverse study was carried out between January 2010 and December 2011 in "Comandante Manuel Fajardo" University Hospital. <strong><br /> Results:</strong> it was found a predominance of females, with an average age of 70 years. The most frequent electrocardiographic alterations were sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, and flat or inverted T waves. Around two thirds of the patients with these changes died in the hospital. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> nearly 50% of patients presented with electrocardiographic anomalies on admittance. They prevailed in female patients and a statistically significant difference was found between them and adverse outcomes.</span></p><p style="margin-right: -14.4pt; text-autospace: ideograph-numeric;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><strong> Key words:</strong> intracerebral hemorrhage, hemorrhagic strokes, electrocardiographic alterations, prognostic scales, stroke lethality.</span></p>