Lamberts, RJ;
Blom, MT;
Novy, J;
Belluzzo, M;
Seldenrijk, A;
Penninx, BW;
Sander, JW;
... Thijs, RD; + view all
(2015)
Increased prevalence of ECG markers for sudden cardiac arrest in refractory epilepsy.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
, 86
(3)
309 - 313.
10.1136/jnnp-2014-307772.
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Abstract
People with epilepsy are at increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to ECG-confirmed ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, as seen in a community-based study. We aimed to determine whether ECG-risk markers of SCA are more prevalent in people with epilepsy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Increased prevalence of ECG markers for sudden cardiac arrest in refractory epilepsy. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jnnp-2014-307772 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2014-307772 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
| Keywords: | Anticonvulsants, Channels, Epilepsy, Sudden Death |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1433530 |
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