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April 1, 1991Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

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Population

Patients studied in an epilepsy surgery program

Design

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Authors

RDRichard M. Dasheiff

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Overview

May warrant closer SUDEP surveillance in epilepsy surgery candidates; hypothesis-generating for cardiac mechanisms and requires prospective validation.

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Population
Patients studied in an epilepsy surgery program
C
Comparator
General epilepsy population (historical incidence of 1-2/1,000 per year)
O
Outcome
Sudden unexpected deathhard clinical

Patients in an epilepsy surgery program may have a significantly higher incidence of sudden unexpected death compared to the general epilepsy population, with cardiac arrhythmias like ventricular fibrillation suspected as a leading mechanism.

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Richard M. Dasheiff (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71208bc2d7c309082703eehttps://doi.org/10.1097/00004691-199104000-00010
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