Reply: Syncope and electroencephalography
Author(s) -
J. Gert van Dijk,
Roland D. Thijs,
Erik W. van Zwet,
Martijn R. Tannemaat,
Julius van Niekerk,
David G. Benditt,
Wouter Wieling
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
brain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.142
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1460-2156
pISSN - 0006-8950
DOI - 10.1093/brain/awu088
Subject(s) - electroencephalography , syncope (phonology) , psychology , medicine , cerebral perfusion pressure , neuroscience , cardiology , anesthesia , perfusion
Sir,We thank Dr Stephenson for his favourable opinion of our work and agree that the slow-flat-slow pattern is probably independent of age, although we did not study this formally. We think that the clinical expression of syncope in any age group depends on the speed and depth of cerebral hypoperfusion, and suspect that such expressions may differ between children and adults. Our …
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