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Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure
Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) refers to a death in a patient with epilepsy that is not due to trauma, drowning, status epilepticus, or another apparent cause. Although the pathophysiology of SUDEP is incompletely understood, growing evidence supports the role of seizure-associated arr...
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University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763586 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.6.43173 |
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author | Kuttab, Hani I. Harris, Elizabeth A. Tataris, Katie L. Tao, James Beiser, David G. |
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description | Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) refers to a death in a patient with epilepsy that is not due to trauma, drowning, status epilepticus, or another apparent cause. Although the pathophysiology of SUDEP is incompletely understood, growing evidence supports the role of seizure-associated arrhythmias as a potential etiology. We present a unique case of a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia shortly following a seizure, along with corresponding laboratory data. Awareness of high risk arrhythmias in seizure patients could lead to advances in understanding pathophysiology and treatment of this complication of seizure disorder and ultimately prevention of SUDEP. |
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spelling | pubmed-68610462019-11-22 Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure Kuttab, Hani I. Harris, Elizabeth A. Tataris, Katie L. Tao, James Beiser, David G. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) refers to a death in a patient with epilepsy that is not due to trauma, drowning, status epilepticus, or another apparent cause. Although the pathophysiology of SUDEP is incompletely understood, growing evidence supports the role of seizure-associated arrhythmias as a potential etiology. We present a unique case of a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia shortly following a seizure, along with corresponding laboratory data. Awareness of high risk arrhythmias in seizure patients could lead to advances in understanding pathophysiology and treatment of this complication of seizure disorder and ultimately prevention of SUDEP. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6861046/ /pubmed/31763586 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.6.43173 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Kuttab et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kuttab, Hani I. Harris, Elizabeth A. Tataris, Katie L. Tao, James Beiser, David G. Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title | Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title_full | Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title_fullStr | Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title_short | Cardiac Arrhythmia Following an Epileptic Seizure |
title_sort | cardiac arrhythmia following an epileptic seizure |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861046/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763586 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.6.43173 |
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