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11488647

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
Asystole can occur during partial seizures. Conversely, asystole may produce clinical features associated semiologically with partial or secondarily generalized tonic--clonic seizures. Management is so profoundly different that accurate diagnosis is critical. We performed simultaneous scalp video electroencephalographic (EEG) and electrocardiographic (ECG) recordings in three patients who presented with an intractable seizure disorder. Habitual events were captured and reviewed. These revealed similar clinical features and temporal association with the ECG and EEG findings. Idiopathic asystole was detected as the cause in all three. All underwent emergency cardiac pacemaker implantation with resultant cessation of their paroxysmal episodes. If this diagnostic study had been delayed or not performed, all of our patients could have presented as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Early video-EEG and ECG monitoring is essential in adults with intractable seizure disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1059-1311
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 BEA Trading Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Idiopathic cardiac asystole presenting as an intractable adult onset partial seizure disorder.
pubmed:affiliation
Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston, 77030, USA. vijay.venkatarman@uth.tmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports