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Asystole Induced by Partial Seizures:
Author(s) -
CARINCI VALERIA,
BARBATO GAETANO,
BALDRATI ANNA,
DI PASQUALE GIUSEPPE
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00883.x
Subject(s) - asystole , medicine , bradycardia , ictal , epilepsy , anesthesia , etiology , syncope (phonology) , cardiology , heart rate , psychiatry , blood pressure
The clinical distinction between cardiovascular and epileptic causes of loss of consciousness is sometimes difficult, but becomes challenging when a primary epileptic seizure secondarily causes an asystole. Epilepsy can be correlated to severe bradycardia or asystole. The syndrome is called the ictal bradycardia syndrome. Ictal bradycardia and asystole have been implicated in the etiology of sudden unexpected death in epileptic patients (SUDEP). We present a case of traumatic syncope during an epileptic disorder ab esordio and we discuss the related literature.