title: Symptomatic postictal cardiac asystole in a young patient with partial seizures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seeck
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Blanke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jallon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male