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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior case reports2014

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

Jafar Mehvari, Fatemeh Fadaie, Shirin Omidi, Mohammadmehran Poorsina, Masoumeh Najafi Ziarani, Marzieh Gharekhani, Nahid Beladimoghadam, Elham Rahimian, Houshang Moein, Majid Barakatain and 2 more

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Article in Epilepsy & behavior case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jafar MehvariShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran ; Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.
Fatemeh FadaieShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran ; Pars Advanced Medical Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Shirin OmidiTehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadmehran PoorsinaShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Masoumeh Najafi ZiaraniShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Marzieh GharekhaniShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran ; Pars Advanced Medical Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Nahid BeladimoghadamShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran ; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
Elham RahimianShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Houshang MoeinIsfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.
Majid BarakatainIsfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammad BasiratniaIsfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.
Seyed Sohrab Hashemi FesharakiShefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatamolanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran ; Pars Advanced Medical Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
University of Isfahan · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

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 showed symmetrical signal abnormality in the bilateral parietooccipital lobe accompanied by mild gliosis and volume loss. During a 3-day long-term video-EEG monitoring, he had cardiac arrest at the end of one of his seizures that was secondarily generalized. The second one was a 42-year-old veteran with penetrating head trauma in the left frontal lobe due to shell injury. During long-term video-EEG monitoring, he had one generalized tonic-clonic seizure accompanied by bradycardia and cardiac asystole. Asystoles could have a role in the incidence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), meaning that the presence of ictal bradycardia is a risk factor for SUDEP. In cases of epileptic cardiac dysrhythmia, prolonged simultaneous EEG/ECG monitoring may be required. Cardiological investigation should be included in epilepsy management.

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Cardiac arrestIctal asystoleSeizureSUDEP

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