Cardiac arrhythmias in focal epilepsy: A prospective long-term study

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9452, 2004, Pages 2212-2219

  Rugg Gunn, Fergus J ^a   Simister, Robert J ^a   Squirrell, Mark ^b   Holdright, Diana R ^b   Duncan, Prof John S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 10944259169     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17594-6     Document Type: Article

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