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Ictal bradycardia followed by cardiac asystole: a case report Volume 4, numéro 4, December 2002

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Department of Neurology, Hôpital Bretonneau, 37044 Tours Cedex, France.
  • Page(s) : 261-4
  • Année de parution : 2003

In the event of a seizure, cardiac etiologies are considered part of the differential diagnosis and must be ruled out. However, electrocardiographic abnormalities are frequentlyseen during epileptic seizures: sinus tachycardia, bradycardia, sino-atrial block, atrio-ventricular block or sinus arrest, as well as various other cardiac arrhythmias, have been described [1]. Electrocardiographic anomalies have been linked to sudden, unexpected [...]