Vagus nerve stimulation improves severely impaired heart rate variability in a patient with Lennox-Gastaut-Syndrome.

Authors :: Koenig SA
Longin E
Bell N
Reinhard J
Gerstner T
Source :: Seizure [Seizure] 2008 Jul; Vol. 17 (5), pp. 469-72. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Dec 21.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a new therapeutic option for refractory epilepsy. We report a patient with Lennox-Gastaut-Syndrome (LGS) and a severe impairment of heart rate variability (HRV), we could demonstrate in our patient that HRV was improved by VNS.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Epilepsies, Myoclonic therapy
Female
Heart Rate physiology
Humans
Severity of Illness Index
Electric Stimulation Therapy methods
Epilepsies, Myoclonic complications
Heart Diseases etiology
Heart Diseases therapy
Heart Rate radiation effects
Vagus Nerve physiology

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