Sudden cardiac death is associated both with epilepsy and with use of antiepileptic drugs

Heart. 2015 Jan;101(1):83. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306760. Epub 2014 Sep 25.

Authors

Prisca R Bauer¹, Jan Novy¹, Mark R Keezer¹, Gail S Bell¹

Affiliation

¹ NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

PMID: 25256147
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306760

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / adverse effects*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Epilepsy / complications*
Epilepsy / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Sodium Channel Blockers / adverse effects*

Substances

Anticonvulsants
Sodium Channel Blockers