Sudden falls due to seizure-induced cardiac asystole in drug-resistant focal epilepsy

Neurology. 2008 May 13;70(20):1933-5. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000289193.89796.83. Epub 2008 Feb 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls*
  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial / complications*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / drug therapy
  • Epilepsies, Partial / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Heart Arrest / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Syncope / diagnosis
  • Syncope / etiology

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants