Ictal asystole
Ictal asystole is a rare occurrence for patients that have temporal lobe epilepsy.[1] It can often be identified by loss of muscle tone or the presence of bilateral asymmetric jerky limb movements during a seizure, although ECG monitoring is necessary to provide a firm result.[2] Ictal asystole and Ictal bradycardia can cause an epileptic patient to die suddenly.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Video-electrographic and clinical features in patients with ictal asystole
- ^ Ghearing, Gena R.; Munger, Thomas M.; Jaffe, Allan S.; Benarroch, Eduardo E.; Britton, Jeffrey W. (2007). "Clinical cues for detecting ictal asystole". Clinical Autonomic Research. 17 (4): 221–226. doi:10.1007/s10286-007-0429-9. PMID 17636369.
- ^ Strzelczyk, Adam; Bauer, Sebastian; Knake, Susanne; Oertel, Wolfgang H.; Hamer, Hajo M.; Rosenow, Felix (2008). "Ictal asystole in temporal lobe epilepsy before and after pacemaker implantation". Epileptic Disorders. 10 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1684/epd.2008.0166. PMID 18367431.
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