简介：Objective:Toassessthecardiovascularabnormalitiesinpatientswithspontaneoussubarachnoidhemorrhage(SAH).Methods:AllpatientsadmittedtoourinstitutionwithaprimarydiagnosisofspontaneousSAHandhadatransthoracicechocardiogram(TTE)performedfrom1stofJuly2011until30thofMay2014wereenrolled.Results:Outof2058patientsadmittedtoourinstitutionwithadiagnosisofSAH,overathreeyearperiod,only244patients(12%)hadTTEperformedduringtheindexhospitalization.Inthisselectedcohort,themeanagewas59yearsand66%ofpatientswerefemale.ElevatedtroponinTwasnoticedin37%ofpatientsandQTcprolongationwasthecommonestECGabnormalityoccurringin49%ofthepatients.Thirtyninepatients(16%)hadarestingsegmentalwallmotionabnormalityontheTTE,includingfivepatientswithapicalballooning.In-hospitalmortalitywas15.6%(38patients).Conclusion:CardiovascularabnormalitiesinselectedpatientswithSAHwhohadcardiacultrasoundarerelativelycommon;howevertheincidenceofventricularballooningislow.InordertoattainthecorrectincidenceofcardiovascularabnormalitiesinSAHpatients,allpatientsadmittedwithSAHshouldundergoTTEandhaveECGandcardiacmarkerscheckedduringtheirhospitalization.