Sudden Unexpected Death of Epileptic Patient due to Cardiac Arrhythmia After Seizure
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 43 (2) , 194-196
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1986.00520020080028
Abstract
• Sudden unexpected death (SUD) occurred in an epileptic patient after a seizure. The patient had a witnessed seizure with electrocardiographic evidence of a cardiac arrhythmia. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital was ineffective. Autopsy revealed no anatomic cause of death. This case supports a cardiac cause for SUD in this patient. The mechanism of death remains speculative despite its setting in an epilepsy center. The seven-year experience with SUD at the epilepsy center is reviewed.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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