Postictal heart rate oscillations in partial epilepsy

Neurology. 1999 Oct 22;53(7):1590-2. doi: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1590.

Abstract

We report postictal heart rate oscillations in a heterogeneous group of patients with partial epilepsy. This pattern is marked by the appearance of transient but prominent low-frequency heart rate oscillations (0.01 to 0.1 Hz) immediately after 5 of 11 seizures recorded in 5 patients. This finding may be a marker of neuroautonomic instability and, therefore, may have implications for understanding perturbations of heart rate control associated with partial seizures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial / physiopathology*
  • Heart Rate*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Oscillometry