Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

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Ventricular Tachycardia Imitating Epileptic Seizures

뇌전증발작 양상을 보인 심실 빈맥

  • Received : 2015.09.24
  • Accepted : 2015.10.30
  • Published : 2015.12.31
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Abstract

Syncopes are the most common non-epileptic attacks mimicking epileptic seizures. Among them, cardiogenic syncope is potentially life threatening. A 49 year old man was refered for the recurrent episodes of loss of consciousness with tonic posture and upward eyes deviation. The electrocardiogram showed polymorphologic ventricular tachycardia during attacks, which normalized after that. He was treated with isoproterenol and symptoms subsided. Here, we report a case of ventricular tachycardia manifested as epileptic seizures.

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