Review Articles

Neurocardiac Injury After Cerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhages

Pinnamaneni, Sowmya MD; Aronow, Wilbert S. MD; Frishman, William H. MD

From the Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY.

Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Correspondence: William H. Frishman, MD, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595. E-mail: [email protected].

Cardiology in Review 25(2):p 89-95, March/April 2017. | DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000112

Abstract

Cerebrovascular events are associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. Neurocardiac injury after a subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral hemorrhage further worsen clinical outcomes. Excess catecholamine-induced cardiotoxicity is currently the most widely accepted pathophysiologic mechanism. Awareness of neurocardiac injury and the cardiac manifestations associated with it will allow for early diagnosis and appropriate management.