Abstract
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most common cause of epilepsy-related mortality. We hypothesized that electrocardiography (ECG) features may distinguish SUDEP cases from living subjects with epilepsy. Using a matched case–control design, we compared ECG studies of 12 consecutive cases of SUDEP over 10 years and 22 epilepsy controls matched for age, sex, epilepsy type (focal, generalized, or unknown/mixed type), concomitant antiepileptic, and psychotropic drug classes. Conduction intervals and prevalence of abnormal ventricular conduction diagnosis (QRS ≥110 msec), abnormal ventricular conduction pattern (QRS
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e135-e139 |
Journal | Epilepsia |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 1 2016 |
Keywords
- All epilepsy/seizures
- Cardiac
- Electrocardiogram
- Risk factors in epidemiology
- Sudden death
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neurology