The classic finding of Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy is left ventricular systolic dysfunction with echocardiographic evidence of apical ballooning in the absence of significant coronary disease. Intracranial hemorrhage is a known cause for stress-induced cardiomyopathy with a similar echocardiographic presentation. This diagnostic finding suggests a similar pathophysiologic mechanism between neuro...

BACKGROUND The impact of antithrombotic agents (warfarin, clopidogrel, ASA) on traumatic brain injury outcomes is highly controversial. Although cerebral atrophy is speculated as a risk for acute intracranial hemorrhage, there is no objective literature evidence. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective, consecutive investigation of patients with signs of external head trauma and age ≥60...

BACKGROUND Up to 30% of patients with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) require mechanical ventilation during the course of treatment. For these patients, tracheostomy is necessary in cases of protracted weaning. As only limited data exist about predictors for a tracheostomy in patients with ICH, the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of tracheostomy and clinical fin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intraventricular extension of hemorrhage is a predictor of poor outcome in intracerebral hemorrhage, and iron overload contributes to brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage. The current study investigated the role of iron in ventricular dilatation and neuronal death in a rat model of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). METHODS There were 2 parts in this study. First...

Percutaneous ventriculostomy (EVD) placement is one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tools in neurosurgery. Although generally considered low risk, it can be associated with significant complications. We report a case of an intracranial hemorrhage secondary to iatrogenic anterior cerebral artery pseudoaneurysm rupture following ventriculostomy. A 67 year-old female presented to ...

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is featured by poor prognosis such as high mortality rate and severe neurological dysfunction. In humans, several valuables including hematoma volume and ventricular expansion of hemorrhage are known to correlate with the extent of mortality and neurological dysfunction. However, relationship between hematoma conditions and the severity of symptoms in animal ICH m...

Ruptured intracranial aneurysm usually manifests as subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or SAH with hematoma. Aneurysms that only present with intracerebral hemorrhage or intraventricular hemorrhage are mostly confined to the distal artery. It is very rare that ruptured middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms manifest signs of caudate head hemorrhage extending into the cerebral ventricle. One su...