Why the study?
Does temporal lobe epilepsy alter autonomic cardiac control as measured by RR variability and EEG-ECG monitoring?
Population
65 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
Comparison
Simultaneous ambulatory 24-h EEG-ECG monitoring… vs Normal subjects
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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RR variability alterations support autonomic imbalance in temporal lobe epilepsy; hypothesis-generating for arrhythmia risk without prospective validation.
Does temporal lobe epilepsy alter autonomic cardiac control as measured by RR variability and EEG-ECG monitoring?
Spectral analysis of RR variability can detect underlying autonomic cardiac control disorders in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of cardiac arrhythmias.
Massetani et al. (1997) studied this question.
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