Supraventricular tachycardia during status epilepticus in Dravet syndrome: a link between brain and heart?
M Daverio, O Ciccone, C Boniver, L De Palma… - Pediatric Neurology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The possibility that epileptic seizures and arrhythmias are different clinical
manifestations of a common channelopathy is an interesting but unproved hypothesis.
Patients with Dravet syndrome show heart rate variability and affected individuals with
arrhythmias have also been documented. The possibility that a genetic mutation affecting
sodium channel functions may predispose to both Dravet syndrome and arrhythmogenic
disorders is an interesting hypothesis. Patient Presentation We describe a 5-month-old girl …
manifestations of a common channelopathy is an interesting but unproved hypothesis.
Patients with Dravet syndrome show heart rate variability and affected individuals with
arrhythmias have also been documented. The possibility that a genetic mutation affecting
sodium channel functions may predispose to both Dravet syndrome and arrhythmogenic
disorders is an interesting hypothesis. Patient Presentation We describe a 5-month-old girl …