Authors: Abdennasser Bardai, Robert J. Lamberts, Marieke T. Blom, Anne M. Spanjaart, Jocelyn Berdowski, Sebastiaan R. van der Staal, Henk J. Brouwer, Rudolph W. Koster, Josemir W. Sander, Roland D. Thijs, Hanno L. Tan
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042749
Abstract Summary
People with epilepsy face a three-fold increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) due to ventricular fibrillation, according to a Dutch community study. Researchers analyzed over 1,000 SCA cases and found the risk particularly elevated in young people and women with active epilepsy. This finding helps explain the higher rates of sudden death in epilepsy patients.
Why Brain? ðŸ§
Epilepsy triples sudden cardiac arrest risk in the general population, especially in young people and women, suggesting cardiac monitoring may benefit epilepsy patients beyond seizure management.
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