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Simultaneous Video-EEG-ECG Monitoring to Identify Neurocardiac Dysfunction in Mouse Models of Epilepsy
Published on: January 29, 2018
The electrocardiograph (ECG) in a first seizure clinic
Sui Hsien Wong1, Philip Adams, Margaret Jackson
1Regional Neuroscience Centre, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, UK.
Abstract:
An electrocardiograph (ECG) is recommended as an investigation in all patients with seizures or suspected seizures. However the incidence of abnormal ECGs in patients presenting to the first seizure clinic is unknown. This study examines 161 patients in a first seizure clinic and describes the ECG abnormalities found. Although 17 patients were found to have abnormal ECGs only one was found to have significant cardiac disease. We conclude that serious ECG abnormalities are rare but other abnormalities are common and that close cooperation between cardiology and neurology is important.
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