Differentiation of convulsive syncope from epilepsy with an implantable loop recorder

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 296-300

  Kanjwal, Khalil ^a   Karabin, Beverly ^a   Kanjwal, Yousuf ^a   Grubb, Blair P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Implantable loop recorders; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; RECORDER; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 74549184457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.296     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Hauser WA, Kurland LT. The epidemiology of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935 through 1967. Epilepsia. 1975;16(1):1-66.
2. Hauser WA, Hesdorffer DC. Epilepsy, Frequency, causes and consequences. New York: Demos. 1990:21-8
3. Smith D, Defalla BA, Chadwick DW. The misdiagnosis of epilepsy and the management of epilepsy in a specialist clinic. Q J Med 1999; 92:15-23.
4. Scheepers B, Clough P, Pickles C. The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: findings of a population study. Seizure 1998; 5:403- 6.
5. Devinsky O. Psychogenic seizures and syncope. In: Feldman, editor. Current Diagnosis in Neurology. St Louis: Mosby-Year Book, 1994:1-6.
6. Linzer M, Varia I, Pontinen M, Divine GW, Grubb BP, Estes NA. Medically unexplained syncope: relation to psychiatric illness. Am J Med 1992; 92(1A):18S-25S.
7. Gastaut H, Fisher William M. Electroencephalographic study of syncope: its differentiation from epilepsy. Lancet 1957; ii: 1018-25.
8. Schott GD, McLeod AA, Jewitt DE. Cardiac arrhythmias that masquerade as epilepsy. BMJ 1977; 1:1454 -7
9. Shorvon S. Medical assessment and treatment of chronic epilepsy. BMJ 1991; 302:363- 6.
10. Chadwick D. Epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994;57:264- 77.
11. Kapoor WN. Evaluation and outcome of patients with syncope. Medicine (Balt) 1990;69:160-75.
12. Day SC, Cook EF, Funkenstein H, Goldman L. Evaluation and outcome of emergency room patients with transient loss of consciousness. Am J Med 1982;73:15-23.
13. Grubb BP. Syncope and seizures of psychogenic origin: identification with head upright tilt testing. Clin Cardiol 1992;15:839-42.
14. Zaidi A, Clough P, Cooper P, Scheepers B, Fitzpatrick AP. Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: many seizure-like attacks have a cardiovascular cause. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Jul; 36(1):181-4.
15. Brignole M, Moya A, Menozzi C, Garcia-Civera R, Sutton R. Proposed electrocardiographic classification of spontaneous syncope documented by an implantable loop recorder. Europace 2005; 7: 14-18
16. Grubb BP. Neurocardiogenic Syncope. N Engl J Med 2005;352:1004-1010
17. Grubb BP. Neurocardiogenic Syncope and Related Disorders of Orthostatic Tolerance. Circulation 2005; 111: 2997-3006