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Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review
It is important but difficult to distinguish convulsive syncope from epileptic seizure in many patients. We report a case of a man who presented to emergency department after several witnessed seizure-like episodes. He had a previous medical history of systolic heart failure and automated implantabl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931808/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429683 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2583w |
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author | Sabu, John Regeti, Kalyani Mallappallil, Mary Kassotis, John Islam, Hamidul Zafar, Shoaib Khan, Rafay Ibrahim, Hiyam Kanta, Romana Sen, Shuvendu Yousif, Abdalla Nai, Qiang |
author_facet | Sabu, John Regeti, Kalyani Mallappallil, Mary Kassotis, John Islam, Hamidul Zafar, Shoaib Khan, Rafay Ibrahim, Hiyam Kanta, Romana Sen, Shuvendu Yousif, Abdalla Nai, Qiang |
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description | It is important but difficult to distinguish convulsive syncope from epileptic seizure in many patients. We report a case of a man who presented to emergency department after several witnessed seizure-like episodes. He had a previous medical history of systolic heart failure and automated implantable converter defibrillator (AICD) in situ. The differential diagnoses raised were epileptic seizures and convulsive syncope secondary to cardiac arrhythmia. Subsequent AICD interrogation revealed ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation (v-tach/fib). Since convulsive syncope and epileptic seizure share many similar clinical features, early diagnosis is critical for choosing the appropriate management and preventing sudden cardiac death in patients with presumed epileptic seizure. |
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spelling | pubmed-49318082016-07-15 Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review Sabu, John Regeti, Kalyani Mallappallil, Mary Kassotis, John Islam, Hamidul Zafar, Shoaib Khan, Rafay Ibrahim, Hiyam Kanta, Romana Sen, Shuvendu Yousif, Abdalla Nai, Qiang J Clin Med Res Case Report It is important but difficult to distinguish convulsive syncope from epileptic seizure in many patients. We report a case of a man who presented to emergency department after several witnessed seizure-like episodes. He had a previous medical history of systolic heart failure and automated implantable converter defibrillator (AICD) in situ. The differential diagnoses raised were epileptic seizures and convulsive syncope secondary to cardiac arrhythmia. Subsequent AICD interrogation revealed ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation (v-tach/fib). Since convulsive syncope and epileptic seizure share many similar clinical features, early diagnosis is critical for choosing the appropriate management and preventing sudden cardiac death in patients with presumed epileptic seizure. Elmer Press 2016-08 2016-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4931808/ /pubmed/27429683 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2583w Text en Copyright 2016, Sabu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sabu, John Regeti, Kalyani Mallappallil, Mary Kassotis, John Islam, Hamidul Zafar, Shoaib Khan, Rafay Ibrahim, Hiyam Kanta, Romana Sen, Shuvendu Yousif, Abdalla Nai, Qiang Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title | Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full | Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title_short | Convulsive Syncope Induced by Ventricular Arrhythmia Masquerading as Epileptic Seizures: Case Report and Literature Review |
title_sort | convulsive syncope induced by ventricular arrhythmia masquerading as epileptic seizures: case report and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931808/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429683 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2583w |
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