Post-ictal atrial fibrillation detected during video-EEG monitoring: Case report, proposed physiopathologic mechanism and therapeutic considerations

Alvaro Sanchez-Larsen; Gemma Aznar-Lain; Begoña Benito; Alessandro Principe; Miguel Ley; Adrià Tauste Campo; Rodrigo Rocamora

doi:10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.06.005

Post-ictal atrial fibrillation detected during video-EEG monitoring: Case report, proposed physiopathologic mechanism and therapeutic considerations

Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2017 Jul 6:8:40-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.06.005. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Alvaro Sanchez-Larsen¹, Gemma Aznar-Lain^{2

3}, Begoña Benito^{4

3}, Alessandro Principe^{1

3}, Miguel Ley¹, Adrià Tauste Campo^{1

3}, Rodrigo Rocamora^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
² Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Pediatric Department, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
³ IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: AF, atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmia; Epilepsy; GTCS, generalized tonic–clonic seizure; PGES, post-ictal generalized electroencephalographic suppression; PIAF, post-ictal atrial fibrillation; Phelan–McDermid syndrome; SHANK3 gene; SUDEP; SUDEP, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; VEM, video-EEG monitoring.

Publication types

Case Reports