Korean J Clin Neurophysiol.  2015 Dec;17(2):80-81. 10.14253/kjcn.2015.17.2.80.

Ventricular Tachycardia Imitating Epileptic Seizures

• Park MH
• Won HY
• Im DG
• Byeon KM
• Heo JH

• KMID: 2403244
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2015.17.2.80

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.

Keyword

Cardiogenic; Syncope; Seizure

MeSH Terms

Electrocardiography
Epilepsy*
Isoproterenol
Posture
Seizures
Syncope
Tachycardia, Ventricular*
Unconsciousness
Isoproterenol

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Holter monitoring shows polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.

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