Cardiac arrest associated with epileptic seizures: A case report with simultaneous EEG and ECG

Cardiac arrest associated with epileptic seizures: A case report with simultaneous EEG and ECG

Ictal asystole is a rare, probably underestimated manifestation of epileptic seizures whose pathophysiology is still debated. This report describes two patients who had cardiac asystole at the end of their seizure. The first patient was a 13-year-old boy with complex partial seizures.. His MRI showe...

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Main Authors: Jafar Mehvari, Fatemeh Fadaie, Shirin Omidi, Mohammadmehran Poorsina, Masoumeh Najafi Ziarani, Marzieh Gharekhani, Nahid Beladimoghadam, Elham Rahimian, Houshang Moein, Majid Barakatain, Mohammad Basiratnia, Seyed Sohrab Hashemi Fesharaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
Ictal asystole
Seizure
Cardiac arrest
SUDEP
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323214000310

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