Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tatum, 4th, W O
• Moore, D B
• Stecker, M M
• Baltuch, G H
• French, J A
• Ferreira, J A
• Carney, P M
• Labar, D R
• Vale, F L

Titel

Ventricular asystole during vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in humans

Ist Teil von

• Neurology, 1999-04, Vol.52 (6), p.1267

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, a recently available option for patients with refractory epilepsy, has demonstrated safety and efficacy. We report four patients with refractory epilepsy who experienced ventricular asystole intraoperatively during initial testing for implantation of the vagus nerve stimulator. Acute intraoperative vagus nerve stimulation may create ventricular asystole in humans. Extracorporeal cervical vagus nerve stimulation testing with continuous EKG monitoring intraoperatively before generator implantation is warranted.