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LACERDA GALLARDO, Ángel J  e  ESTENOZ ESQUIVEL, Juan Carlos. Muerte precoz en la hemorragia subaracnoidea aneurismática. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1998, vol.37, n.2, pp. 81-85. ISSN 1561-2945.

An observational-descriptive study was conducted on all the patients over 15 who had died from an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and had been previously examined from the anatomical and pathological viewpoints in General Teaching Hospital of Moron Municipality from January 1st, 1986 to December 31st, 1996. 19 patients were diagnosed with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (ASH) throughout this period; 7 of them (36.84 %), 3 males and 4 females with average age 48.86 years-old, died without medical treatment in the community and our study focused on these cases. 71.43 % of patients suffered from blood hypertension and 100 % of the examined brains presented aneurysmal sacs located in the anterior segment of Willi's circle. Anatomical and pathological findings revealed the presence of ventricular flooding in all the cases whereas the most noted extraneurological anomaly was pulmonary edema and congestion affecting 5 patients (71.43 %)

Palavras-chave : SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE [mortality]; CEREBRAL ANEURYSM [mortality]; DEATH, SUDDEN.