ventricular fibrillation/seizures

METHODS A 78-year-old patient seemed to have recurrent seizures due to marginal hypoglycaemia. He was initially awake with stable circulation. Subsequently, he lost consciousness followed by extensie twitching arms of his arms and the upper part of his body. Thereafter, the patient was somnolent,

Bupivacaine is a commonly used local anesthetic in dental, ophthalmologic, and simple surgical procedures. Its current popularity derives from its potency and relatively long half-life. Widespread use of bupivacaine has resulted in sometimes severe adverse reactions when significant systemic

Syncope is a common and difficult differential diagnosis for epilepsy. One possible cause for a cardiac syncope is a long QT syndrome (LQTS). LQTS with torsade de pointes tachycardia can lead to lethal ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest. Patients with LQTS when first diagnosed as suffering

Torsades de pointes (TdP) is a rare but hazardous ventricular dysrhythmia caused by an increase in the QT interval of the heart rhythm and is categorized into congenital or acquired types. Signs and symptoms of TdP include syncope, seizure, ventricular fibrillation, and even sudden death. According

Prolongation of the QT interval is a known risk factor for syncope, seizures and sudden cardiac death. Most patients with QT prolongation have an acquired cause, but congenital forms of QT prolongation are being increasingly recognized. However, existing advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)

BACKGROUND A 25-year-old woman experienced three episodes of syncope over the course of 2 years. The attacks all occurred just after she had sat down, and two were accompanied by convulsions. She had no obvious prodromes and no personal or family history of cardiovascular

Cardiac autonomic, conduction, and structural changes may occur in epilepsy and may contribute to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), e.g. by increasing the risk for ventricular fibrillation (VF). In a model of chronic seizures in rats, we sought to study (1) cardiac and autonomic

Ventricular noncompaction (VNC) of the myocardium is a rare genetic cardiomyopathy caused by a disorder during endocardial morphogenesis and could be accompanied by life-threatening complications. The major clinical manifestations of VNC are heart failure, arrhythmias, and embolic events. The left