RMSSD, a measure of vagus-mediated heart rate variability, is associated with risk factors for SUDEP: The SUDEP-7 Inventory

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-81

  DeGiorgio, Christopher M ^a   Miller, Patrick ^a   Meymandi, Sheba ^a   Chin, Alex ^a   Epps, Jordan ^a   Gordon, Steven ^a   Gornbein, Jeffrey ^a   Harper, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Heart rate variability; Seizures; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; RISK FACTOR; ROOT MEAN SQUARE SUCCESSIVE DIFFERENCE; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956612904     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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