Ventricular asystole during vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in humans

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1267-1269

  Tatum IV, William O ^a,f   Moore, D B ^c   Stecker, M M ^d   Baltuch, G H ^d   French, J A ^d   Ferreira, J A ^b   Carney, P M ^c   Labar, D R ^e   Vale, F L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Elkhardt Clinic LLC   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032944316     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.6.1267     Document Type: Article

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