Increased prevalence of temporary cardiac pacing in people with epilepsy

Our study demonstrates the high likelihood of TPM placement in epilepsy patients as compared to cohorts without epilepsy. Significant associations were seen especially in males and young- and middle-aged patients. Since demyelinating and migraine cohorts are somewhat similar to epilepsy patients in age and sex characteristics, the higher odds of TPM in epilepsy patients may be related to the disease mechanism causing brady-asystole; however this requires further study.