Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage risk factors
Oral contraceptives
Cigarette smoking
Following cocaine abuse
Alcohol consumption: controversial
Diurnal variations in blood pressure
Pregnancy and parturition
Slight increased risk during lumbar puncture and/or cerebral angiography in patient with cerebral aneurysm
Slight increased risk with advancing age
Conditions with an increased incidence of cerebral aneurysms
Left ventricular assist device-associated subarachnoid hemorrhage may be caused by infectious intracranial aneurysms when acute bloodstream infections are present 1).
1)
Lee T, Buletko AB, Matthew J, Cho SM. Bloodstream infection is associated with
subarachnoid hemorrhage and infectious intracranial aneurysm in left ventricular
assist device. Perfusion. 2019 Jul 24:267659119858853. doi:
10.1177/0267659119858853. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31339450.