Korean Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology  2015;17(2):80-81

doi:10.14253/kjcn.2015.17.2.80

Ventricular Tachycardia Imitating Epileptic Seizures.

Min Ho PARK 1 ; Hye Yeon WON ; Dong Gyu IM ; Kyoung Min BYEON ; Jae Hyeok HEO

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Keywords

Cardiogenic; Syncope; Seizure

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Syncopes are the most common non-epileptic attacks mimicking epileptic seizures. Among them, cardiogenic syncope is potentially life threatening. A 49 year old man was refered for the recurrent episodes of loss of consciousness with tonic posture and upward eyes deviation. The electrocardiogram showed polymorphologic ventricular tachycardia during attacks, which normalized after that. He was treated with isoproterenol and symptoms subsided. Here, we report a case of ventricular tachycardia manifested as epileptic seizures.