Recurrent unexplained syncope may have a cerebral origin: Report of 10 cases of arrhythmogenic epilepsy

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-407

  Kouakama, Claude ^a   Daemsb, Christine ^a   Guédon Moreaua, Laurence ^a   Delvalb, Arnaud ^a   Lacroixa, Dominique ^a   Derambureb, Philippe ^a   Kaceta, Salem ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Asystole; Syncope; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HEART BEAT; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITORING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 67650447751     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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