QT interval in Temporal lobe epilepsy versus non temporal lobe epilepsy

Abstract

E pilepsy is one of the most common disabling chronic condition of the nervous system. The incidence of sudden death is 20 times more common in epilepsy patients than the rest of the population (Shankar et al., 2013). Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is defined as a sudden, non-traumatic, witnessed or unwitnessed unexpected death and without any obvious cause (Laurence and Kocheril, 2012). SUDEP affects 1 in 1000 cases per year (Chyou et al., 2016). A recent study found that people with epilepsy had a twofold to threefold increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) that’s ECG confirmed, irrespective of the traditional cardiac risk factors for SCA. Leading to the idea of using 12 lead ECG as a potential low cost screening test for SCA (Wilder-Smith and Lim, 2001; Lamberts et al., 2015).