Sharp Waves spoke with a neurologist and a cardiologist who are part of a team researching the interactions among seizures, heart function, heart health, and SUDEP. Learn more about their research.
Selected publications from Drs. Lin & Fialho and colleagues:
Determining factors of electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with epilepsy: A case-control study (2017, Epilepsy Research)
Maximal/exhaustive treadmill test features in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Search for sudden unexpected death biomarkers (2017, Epilepsy Research)
Echocardiographic risk markers of sudden death in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (2018, Epilepsy Research)
Increased cardiac stiffness is associated with autonomic dysfunction in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (2018, Epilepsia)
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