Ictal asystole is a rare occurrence for patients that have

temporal lobe epilepsy Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic disorder of the nervous system which is characterized by recurrent, unprovoked focal seizures that originate in the temporal lobe of the brain and last about one or two minutes. TLE is the most common f ...

.Video-electrographic and clinical features in patients with ictal asystole
/ref> It can often be identified by loss of muscle tone or the presence of bilateral asymmetric jerky limb movements during a

seizure An epileptic seizure, informally known as a seizure, is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with los ...

, although

ECG Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a recording of the heart's electrical activity. It is an electrogram of the heart which is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the hear ...

monitoring is necessary to provide a firm result.Clinical cues for detecting ictal asystole
/ref> Ictal asystole and Ictal bradycardia can cause an epileptic patient to die suddenly.Adam Strzelczyk
"Ictal Asystole in temporal lobe epilepsy before and after pacemaker implantation"
"Epileptic Disorders", 12/2007

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