Epilepsy Is a Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the General Population

BACKGROUND: People with epilepsy are at increased risk for sudden death. The most prevalent cause of sudden death in the general population is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). SCA may contribute to the increased incidence of sudden death in people with epilepsy. We a...

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Main Authors: Bardai, Abdennasser, Lamberts, Robert J., Blom, Marieke T., Spanjaart, Anne M., Berdowski, Jocelyn, van der Staal, Sebastiaan R., Brouwer, Henk J., Koster, Rudolph W., Sander, Josemir W., Thijs, Roland D., Tan, Hanno L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419243/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916156
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042749
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