Application of a vagal nerve stimulator in an epilepsy patient with cardiac pacemaker after post-ictal cardiac arrest

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-142

  Caceres R ^a   Richter, J ^a   Safstrom K ^a   Landtblom, A M ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b General Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac pacemaker; Epilepsy; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 67651233834     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01123.x     Document Type: Note

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