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  • Title: [Electrophysiologic methods in differential diagnosis of syncope].
    Author: Niedzielska K, Laskowska-Studniarska W, Kuran W, Kunicka J, Popławska W, Borowiecka E.
    Journal: Neurol Neurochir Pol; 1993; 27(5):683-91. PubMed ID: 8114991.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the study was the assessment of the diagnostic possibilities and usefulness of 24-hour cassette EEG/ECG recording in the differential diagnosis of short attacks of consciousness disturbances and/or syncopal states, and demonstration of interrelations between arrhythmias and seizures of cerebral origin. 24-EEG/ECG was obtained in 71 patients, including 34 with cardiological history who had above disturbances. Recording of 24-EEG/ECG made possible establishing of correct diagnosis in 15 cases (21.1%): in 1 case it was sinus arrest, in 14--epilepsy. In another 5 cases (7%) arrhythmia or conduction disturbances were found which could have been the case of their attacks, they all were patients with cardiological history. The analysis of EEG/ECG records of 47 epileptic seizures in 16 patients showed that in 11 of them (69%) the seizures were associated with sinus tachycardia without other arrhythmias. These results demonstrated the complex cause-effect relationship of cardiocerebral disorders in the aetiology of these states, and the usefulness of 24-EEG/ECG in their detection.
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