Myocardial infarction following convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-381

  Montepietra, Sara ^a   Cattaneo, Luigi ^b   Granella, Franco ^a   Maurizio, Annarita ^c   Sasso, Enrico ^a   Pavesi, Giovanni ^a   Bortone, Ermelinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalized seizures; Myocardial infarction; Partial seizures; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DILTIAZEM; ETIRACETAM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEIZURES;

EID: 67349248840     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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