====== Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage risk factors ====== [[Hypertension]] 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 aneurysm]]s when acute bloodstream infections are present ((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. )).