Recurrent sinus arrest and asystole due to breath-holding spell in a toddler; recovery with levetiracetam-therapy

Circulation. 2010 Dec 21;122(25):e637. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.986992.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacology
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Electrocardiography
  • European Union
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Levetiracetam
  • Piracetam / analogs & derivatives*
  • Piracetam / pharmacology
  • Piracetam / therapeutic use
  • Recurrence
  • Respiration* / drug effects
  • Sinus Arrest, Cardiac / diagnosis
  • Sinus Arrest, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Levetiracetam
  • Piracetam