Epileptic patients who survived sudden cardiac death have increased risk of recurrent arrhythmias and death

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 810-814

  Badheka, Apurva ^a   Rathod, Ankit ^a   Kizilbash, Mohammad A ^a   Lai, Zongshan ^a   Mohamad, Tamam ^a   Shah, Aashit ^a   Afonso, Luis ^a   Jacob, Sony ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; secondary prevention; sudden unexplained death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHANNELOPATHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE THREATENING VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PACEMAKER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958163075     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32833b99c1     Document Type: Article

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