Cardiac arrhythmias and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-370

  Velagapudi, Poonam ^b   Turagam, Mohit ^b   Laurence, Thomas ^a   Kocheril, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

antiepileptic medications; cardiac arrhythmias; epilepsy; ictal asystole; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENETIC RISK; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PATHOGENESIS; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHANNELOPATHIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857993669     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03276.x     Document Type: Review

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