Cardiac arrest due to partial epileptic seizures.
The clinical distinction between cardiovascular and epileptic causes of loss of consciousness is sometimes difficult, but becomes more complicated when a primary epileptic seizure secondarily causes a cardiac arrest. This has been reported previously in only eight patients. We report an additional patient with cardiac arrest during a mesiobasal left temporal lobe seizure discharge.
Liedholm
L J
LJ
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Gudjonsson
O
O
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010672:Phenytoin