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

Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
342456 Seizure 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

SummaryVagus 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.

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EpilepsyAutonomic nervous systemvagus nerveheart rate variability
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Vagus nerve stimulation improves severely impaired heart rate variability in a patient with Lennox-Gastaut-Syndrome
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Stephan A. Koenig, Elke Longin, Nellie Bell, Julia Reinhard, Thorsten Gerstner,
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