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NEUROLOGY 2005;64:1977-1978
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Postictal neurogenic stunned myocardium

Peter S. Chin, MD, Kelley R. Branch, MD and Kyra J. Becker, MD

From the Robert Wood Johnson/VA Clinical Scholars Program, Departments of Medicine and Neurology (Dr. Chin), University of California Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System; and the Division of Cardiology (Dr. Branch) and Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery (Dr. Becker), University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centers, Seattle, WA.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Peter Chin, UCLA RWJ Clinical Scholars Program, 911 Broxton Avenue, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024; e-mail: pchin{at}mednet.ucla.edu

Neurogenic left ventricular dysfunction is a recognized complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage, but this condition has not been reported after seizure activity. The authors present two cases of neurogenic stunned myocardium after convulsive seizures, suggesting that ictal activity can lead to sympathetically mediated cardiac injury.

Additional material related to this article can be found on the Neurology Web site. Go to www.neurology.org and scroll down the Table of Contents for the June 14 issue to find the title link for this article.

The views represented in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Received July 14, 2004. Accepted in final form February 11, 2005.


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