TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sethwala,Anver
AU  -  Sparks,Paul
AU  -  Perucca,Piero
TI  - When the first seizure can be the last: ventricular fibrillation following a new-onset seizure
PY  - 2020///.
							
N1  - 62
N2  - Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of epilepsy-related mortality. Its mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Post-ictal arrhythmias rather than ictal arrhythmias appear to be associated with an increased risk of SUDEP. Only a handful of individuals with epilepsy who have survived ventricular arrhythmias post seizure (near-SUDEP) are reported in the literature. We report a case of ventricular fibrillation following a first-ever unprovoked seizure in a patient without epilepsy, in whom a sinus rhythm was restored following cardioversion. A defibrillator was subsequently implanted. Our case suggests that even first seizures might account for some of the many cases of unexplained ventricular fibrillation or sudden cardiac death
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/revue-epileptic-disorders-2020-5-page-669?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -