Movement-induced heart rate changes in epileptic and non-epileptic seizures Alterações da frequência cardíaca induzidas pelo movimento em crises epilépticas e não-epilépticas

Heart rate changes are common in epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Previous studies have not adequately assessed the contribution of motor activity on these changes nor have evaluated them during prolonged monitoring. We retrospectively evaluated 143 seizures and auras from 76 patients admitted...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2009-09, Vol.67 (3b), p.789-791
Main Authors: Gisele R. de Oliveira, Francisco de A.A. Gondim, Edward R. Hogan, Francisco H. Rola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
crises epilépticas
crises não epilépticas
epileptic seizures
frequência cardíaca
heart rate
movement
movimento
non-epileptic seizures
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Summary:Heart rate changes are common in epileptic and non-epileptic seizures. Previous studies have not adequately assessed the contribution of motor activity on these changes nor have evaluated them during prolonged monitoring. We retrospectively evaluated 143 seizures and auras from 76 patients admitted for video EEG monitoring. The events were classified according to the degree of ictal motor activity (severe, moderate and mild/absent) in: severe epileptic (SE, N=17), severe non-epileptic (SNE, N=6), moderate epileptic (ME, N=28), moderate non-epileptic (MNE, N=11), mild epileptic (mE, N=35), mild non-epileptic (mNE, N=33) and mild aura (aura, N=13). Heart rate increased in the ictal period in severe epileptic, severe non-epileptic, moderate epileptic and mild epileptic events (p
ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
DOI:10.1590/S0004-282X2009000500001