Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Autonomic dysfunction related to seizures may give rise to a broad spectrum of cardiovascular abnormalities. Among these, ictal bradycardia and conduction delays may be encountered. Failure to recognize these abnormalities may contribute to sudden, unexplained death in epilepsy patients. We report a...

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Autores principales: Amor, Martin Miguel, Eltawansy, Sherif Ali, Osofsky, Jeffrey, Holland, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/918247
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author Amor, Martin Miguel
Eltawansy, Sherif Ali
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description Autonomic dysfunction related to seizures may give rise to a broad spectrum of cardiovascular abnormalities. Among these, ictal bradycardia and conduction delays may be encountered. Failure to recognize these abnormalities may contribute to sudden, unexplained death in epilepsy patients. We report a case of a Haitian female with temporal lobe epilepsy associated with recurrent sinus pauses.
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spelling pubmed-41952602014-10-19 Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Amor, Martin Miguel Eltawansy, Sherif Ali Osofsky, Jeffrey Holland, Neil Case Rep Crit Care Case Report Autonomic dysfunction related to seizures may give rise to a broad spectrum of cardiovascular abnormalities. Among these, ictal bradycardia and conduction delays may be encountered. Failure to recognize these abnormalities may contribute to sudden, unexplained death in epilepsy patients. We report a case of a Haitian female with temporal lobe epilepsy associated with recurrent sinus pauses. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4195260/ /pubmed/25328719 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/918247 Text en Copyright © 2014 Martin Miguel Amor et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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title_full Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
title_fullStr Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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title_short Recurrent Sinus Pauses: An Atypical Presentation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
title_sort recurrent sinus pauses: an atypical presentation of temporal lobe epilepsy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4195260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/918247
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