[Cardiovascular alterations and sudden death in epilepsy].
Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most important direct epilepsy-related cause of death . The cause of SUDEP is still unknown, however, the most commonly suggested mechanisms are cardiac abnormalities. Based on this, in this review the relationship between SUDEP and cardiac abnormalities has been emphasized.
Neurologia Experimental da Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo SP, Brasil. scorza.nexp@epm.br
Fulvio Alexandre
FA
Scorza
Marly de
Md
Albuquerque
Ricardo Mario
RM
Arida
Esper Abrão
EA
Cavalheiro
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans
D000927:Anticonvulsants