Ictal bradycardia.
A patient had complex partial seizures manifested as transient confusion and profound bradycardia. These attacks were diagnosed by simultaneous EEG-ECG recordings and were suppressed by carbamazepine. Bradycardia is an exceptional cardiac accompaniment of partial seizures.
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Department of Medicine (Neurology and Cardiology), Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida.
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D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003221:Confusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D002220:Carbamazepine