Cardiac arrest due to partial epileptic seizures.

Liedholm, L J; Gudjonsson, O · Neurology · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The clinical distinction between cardiovascular and epileptic causes of loss of consciousness is sometimes difficult, but becomes more complicated when a primary epileptic seizure secondarily causes a cardiac arrest. This has been reported previously in only eight patients. We report an additional patient with cardiac arrest during a mesiobasal left temporal lobe seizure discharge.

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