Symptomatic postictal cardiac asystole in a young patient with partial seizures.
This report describes a patient with complex partial seizures arising from the right temporal lobe who developed symptomatic sinus arrest following the end of his seizure activity. A ventricular pacemaker was implanted and was documented to function appropriately, preventing development of bradycardia associated symptoms during subsequent seizures. Possibly relevant cerebral structures are briefly discussed.
Seeck
M
M
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Blanke
O
O
Jallon
P
P
Picard
F
F
Zaim
S
S
D000328:Adult; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male