Out-of-body experience and auditory and visual hallucinations in a patient with cardiogenic syncope: Crucial role of cardiac event recorder in establishing the diagnosis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-255

  Brandt, Christian ^a   Kramme, Corinna ^a   Storm, Hermann ^b   Pohlmann Eden, Bernd ^c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Event recorder; Hallucinations; Out of body experience; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTIGO; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE;

EID: 67349136609     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.02.047     Document Type: Article

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