Ictal asystole: An indication for pacemaker implantation and emerging cause of sudden death

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wittekind, Samuel G ^a   Lie, Octavian ^a   Hubbard, Stephen ^b   Viswanathan, Mohan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD; ictal arrhythmia; ictal asystole; pacemaker; SUDEP; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ICTAL ASYSTOLE; MALE; PACEMAKER; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863447584     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03179.x     Document Type: Article

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