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    Arch Neurol. 1986 Feb;43(2):194-6.

    Sudden unexpected death of epileptic patient due to cardiac arrhythmia after seizure.

    Dasheiff RM, Dickinson LJ.

    Sudden unexpected death (SUD) occurred in an epileptic patient after a seizure. The patient had a witnessed seizure with electrocardiographic evidence of a cardiac arrhythmia. Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital was ineffective. Autopsy revealed no anatomic cause of death. This case supports a cardiac cause for SUD in this patient. The mechanism of death remains speculative despite its setting in an epilepsy center. The seven-year experience with SUD at the epilepsy center is reviewed.

    PMID: 3947265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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