Ictal bradycardia and asystole in an adult with a focal left insular lesion

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1885-1887

  Tayah, Tania ^a   Savard, Martin ^b   Desbiens, Richard ^b   Nguyen, Dang Khoa ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asystole; Autonomic nervous system; Bradycardia; Epilepsy; Insula

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER; PARESTHESIA; SEIZURE; STRETCHING; SWEATING; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ASYSTOLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; EPILEPSY; INSULA;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84887622216     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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