REVIEW PAPER
Clinical considerations on the relationship between epilepsy and cardiovascular diseases
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Chair and Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland; Department of Physiopathology, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin, Poland
Corresponding author
Stanisław Czuczwar
Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
J Pre Clin Clin Res. 2007;1(1):6-8
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ABSTRACT
There have been reports regarding higher risk of unexpected death in epileptic patients. The aim of this review is to investigate causes of epilepsy-related death with special attention to cardiovascular mechanisms. Due to their high incidence among the general population, epilepsy and cardiovascular diseases are likely to coexist in a certain proportion of patients. The effect of calcium channel antagonists – representing drugs commonly used in cardiac pathology – on seizure control is also discussed on the basis of available experimental data.
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