Bradycardia and asystole with the use of vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy: A rare complication of intraoperative device testing

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1452-1454

  Asconapé, Jorge J ^a   Moore, David D ^c   Zipes, Douglas P ^b   Hartman, Laura M ^a   Duffell Jr , William H ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Elkhart Clinic   (United States)

^d Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Seizure; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; LABETALOL; LAMOTRIGINE; OLANZAPINE; PRIMIDONE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BRADYCARDIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032869776     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02019.x     Document Type: Article

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