myocardial infarction/seizures

Myocardial infarction (MI) has been rarely reported in association with seizures, and only of convulsive type. METHODS We describe a series of five patients observed over a 4-year period, who presented MI immediately following seizures, either convulsive or nonconvulsive. RESULTS Patient 1 had

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a very common cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Here, we present a case of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the setting of seizure activity. In this rare case, we have data from optical coherence tomography (OCT) that showed no plaque

We report the first case in the literature of acute myocardial infarction due to very late (5 years) drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis presenting with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction immediately after epileptic convulsive seizures in a patient with known coronary artery disease. A

Acute seizures represent 1% of all visits to emergency departments in the United States. While many acute seizures are correctly attributable to underlying epilepsy, approximately one-third of acute seizures are provoked by underlying and potentially life-threatening acute conditions. Many clinical

Acute viral myocarditis is an uncommon but potentially fatal illness in children. Patients with myocarditis may present with nonspecific symptoms or atypical findings that make diagnosis in the emergency department difficult. We describe a previously healthy 14-month-old child with difficulty

Myocardial infarction is diagnosed when blood levels of biomarkers are increased in the clinical setting of acute myocardial ischemia. Among the biomarkers, troponin I is the preferred biomarker indicative of myocardial necrosis. It is tissue specific for the heart. Myocardial infarction is rarely

OBJECTIVE To study diabetes, acute myocardial infarction, and stroke as risk factors for unprovoked seizures in a population-based cohort with incident cases of epilepsy. METHODS In this nested case-control study, the cases were 933 patients with newly diagnosed unprovoked seizures from the