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Epileptic seizures are associated with various potentially life-threatening electrocardiographic changes, including cardiac rhythm and conduction disorders, during ictal and postictal periods.
Epileptic seizures are associated with various potentially life-threatening ECG changes, highlighting the importance of cardiac monitoring in these patients.
May warrant cardiac monitoring in epilepsy; leaves open whether seizure-related arrhythmias alter management or outcomes.
In epilepsy patients during video-electroencephalographic monitoring there are various electrocardiographic (ECG) changes during the epileptic seizure, sometimes remaining at postictal period as well. In the literature, various cardiac rhythm and conduction disorders are described, ventricular and supraventricular disorders, ST segment shifts. Some among these might be life-threatening, probably leading to unexplained sudden death in epilepsy. In the review, we focus on the most common ECG changes in patients with ongoing epileptic seizures.
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Terian et al. (2018) conducted a review in Epilepsy. Epileptic seizures was evaluated on Electrocardiographic changes (cardiac rhythm and conduction disorders, ST segment shifts). Epileptic seizures are associated with various potentially life-threatening electrocardiographic changes, including cardiac rhythm and conduction disorders, during ictal and postictal periods.
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