Lacosamide-induced second-degree atrioventricular block in a patient with partial epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Nizam, Ahmad ^a   Mylavarapu, Krishna ^a   Thomas, Dwithiya ^a   Briskin, Klara ^a   Wu, Brenda ^a   Saluja, Deepak ^a   Wong, Stephen ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Heart block; Lacosamide

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DESMOPRESSIN; HARKOSERIDE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; RISEDRONIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACETAMIDES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053564980     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03212.x     Document Type: Article

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