Characterization of seizure-induced syncopes: EEG, ECG, and clinical features

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-155

  Nguyen Michel, Vi Huong ^a   Adam, Claude ^a   Dinkelacker, Vera ^a   Pichit, Phintip ^a   Boudali, Yasmina ^b   Dupont, Sophie ^a   Baulac, Michel ^a   Navarro, Vincent ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

Author keywords

Asystole; ECG; EEG; Epilepsy; Seizure; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGABALIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH ELECTRODE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVOLUTION; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PACEMAKER; PALLOR; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE INDUCED SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TENDON REFLEX; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VASOPLEGIA;

ASYSTOLE; ECG; EEG; EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892908358     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12482     Document Type: Article

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