Do alterations in inter-ictal heart rate variability predict sudden unexpected death in epilepsy?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Surges, R ^a   Henneberger, C ^a   Adjei, P ^a   Scott, C A ^a   Sander, J W ^a,b   Walker, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; Heart rate variability; Nocturnal seizures; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; Sympathetic tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 70449628983     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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