Ictal bradycardia and asystole associated with intractable epilepsy: A case series

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 245-248

  Chaila, Elijah ^a   Bhangu, Jaspreet ^a   Tirupathi, Sandya ^a   Delanty, Norman ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Ictal bradycardia; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); Syncope

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BED; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ICTAL ASYSTOLE; ICTAL BRADYCARDIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77958172523     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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