Journal article
The treatment of ictal asystole with cardiac pacing
Epilepsia (Copenhagen), Vol.52(4), pp.e16-e19
04/2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02972.x
PMID: 21463267
Abstract
Ictal asystole may contribute to seizure-related injury and mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cardiac pacing on seizure-related injury rates in ictal asystole patients. A survey was conducted to determine seizure-related fall rate and other morbidity in all seven patients with ictal asystole who underwent cardiac pacing at our institution between 1990 and 2004. The rate of seizure-related falls and other morbidities before and after pacing were compared using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The mean fall rate was 3.28 falls/month pre-pacemaker implantation. Following pacemaker implantation, this was reduced to 0.005 falls/month (p = 0.001). Seizure-related fractures and motor vehicle accidents were also reduced following cardiac pacing. These findings may have implications in mitigating the potential morbidity associated with ictal asystole.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The treatment of ictal asystole with cardiac pacing
- Creators
- Brian D Moseley - Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. moseley.brian@mayo.eduGena R GhearingThomas M MungerJeffrey W Britton
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Epilepsia (Copenhagen), Vol.52(4), pp.e16-e19
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02972.x
- PMID
- 21463267
- NLM abbreviation
- Epilepsia
- ISSN
- 0013-9580
- eISSN
- 1528-1167
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2011
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020636002771
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