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Published on: April 5, 2011
Myocardial infarction following convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures
Sara Montepietra1, Luigi Cattaneo, Franco Granella
1Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy. efmontep@tin.it
Unlabelled:
Myocardial infarction (MI) has been rarely reported in association with seizures, and only of convulsive type.
Methods:
We describe a series of five patients observed over a 4-year period, who presented MI immediately following seizures, either convulsive or nonconvulsive.
Results:
Patient 1 had pre-existent coronary disease (CD) and presented multiple focal nonconvulsive seizures. Patient 2 had no CD, normal coronary angiography and presented secondary generalized convulsive seizures. Patient 3 had no history of CD, normal angiography and had a first single convulsive seizure. Patient 4 had severe CD and suffered from a single convulsive event. Patient 5 had a partial and a generalized seizure and had no known CD.
Conclusions:
MI following seizures is not an exceptional event and can occur in a spectrum of conditions including single or repeated, convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures, in patients with or without pre-existing coronary disease. We suggest that the occurrence of MI should be considered in epileptic patients during and shortly after seizures.
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