Ictal bradycardia and asystole: An uncommon cause of syncope

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Novy, Jan ^a   Carruzzo, Alain ^b   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Maeder Ingvar, Malin ^a   Genné, Daniel ^c   Pruvot, Etienne ^a   Despland, Paul André ^a   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asystole; Bradycardia; Epilepsy; Seizure; Syncope

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; HEART ARREST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE;

EID: 63149176681     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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