Baseline elevation and reduction in cardiac electrical instability assessed by quantitative T-wave alternans in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy treated with vagus nerve stimulation in the AspireSR E-36 trial

201665 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Bruce D. Nearing · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Steven C. Schachter · Harvard University

Abstract

These findings suggest significant interictal cardiac electrical instability in this population of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and suggest that VNS may be a novel approach to reducing risk.

Topics & Keywords

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epilepsy & Behavior

Volume 62, pp. 85-89

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.06.016

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