Clinical Study
Spontaneous Primary Intraventricular Hemorrhage: Clinical Features and Early Outcome
Table 1
Data of 12 patients with spontaneous primary intraventricular hemorrhage.
| | Variable | No. patients (%) |
| | Male sex | 5 (41.7) | | Patients aged ≥ 85 years | 5 (41.7) | | Vascular risk factors | | | Hypertension | 8 (66.7) | | Diabetes mellitus | 0 | | Hyperlipidemia | 0 | | Valve heart disease | 2 (16.7) | | Atrial fibrillation | 5 (41.7) | | Ischemic heart disease | 1 (8.3) | | Heart failure | 0 | | Peripheral vascular disease | 1 (8.3) | | Chronic liver disease | 0 | | Smoking (>20 cigarettes/day) | 1 (8.3) | | Alcohol use (>80 g/day) | 0 | | Oral anticoagulation | 2 (16.7) | | Clinical findings | | | Sudden onset (minutes)* | 8 (66.7) | | Headache | 6 (50) | | Vertiginous symptoms | 1 (8.3) | | Nausea, vomiting | 2 (16.7) | | Altered consciousness | 8 (66.7) | | Motor deficit | 8 (66.7) | | Sensory deficit | 4 (33.3) | | Speech disturbance (aphasia, dysarthria) | 2 (16.7) | | Ataxia | 0 | | Cranial nerves involvement | 0 | | Lacunar syndrome | 0 | | Outcome | | | Neurological complications | 4 (33.3) | | Cardiological complications | 1 (8.3) | | Respiratory complications | 1 (8.3) | | Infectious complications | 1 (8.3) | | Symptom-free at hospital discharge | 1 (8.3) | | In-hospital mortality | 5 (41.7) | | Length of hospital stay, mean (25th–75th percentile) | 18.5 (2.5–30) |
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*Sudden onset occurred in 1 (8.3%) patient aged <85 years and in 7 (100%) aged ≥85 years ().
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