Prognostic impact of misdiagnosis of cardiac channelopathies as epilepsy.

Javier Ramos-MaquedaFrancisco Bermúdez-JiménezRosa Macías RuizMercedes Cabrera RamosManuel Molina LermaPablo Sánchez MillánMiguel Álvarez LópezLuis Tercedor SánchezJuan Jiménez Jaimez

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Cardiac channelopathy patients can be misdiagnosed with epilepsy. This involves a delayed diagnosis, a delay from the first symptom to a correct diagnosis, and an increased risk of SCA/SCD.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
left ventricular
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
heart failure
patient reported
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation