Cardiac arrhythmias during or after epileptic seizures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-74

  Van Der Lende, Marije ^a,b   Surges, Rainer ^c   Sander, Josemir W ^a,d,e   Thijs, Roland D ^a,b,d,e  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; ICTAL ASYSTOLE; ICTAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCK; ICTAL BRADYCARDIA; POSTICTAL ASYSTOLE; POSTICTAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; META ANALYSIS; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BRADYCARDIA; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84955140038     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-310559     Document Type: Review

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