Ictal asystole in temporal lobe epilepsy before and after pacemaker implantation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Strzelczyk, Adam ^a   Bauer, Sebastian ^a   Knake, Susanne ^a   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^a   Hamer, Hajo M ^a   Rosenow, Felix ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Cardiac asystole; Pacemaker; SUDEP; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SYNCOPE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41949111925     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0166     Document Type: Note

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