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Blood markers of cardiac stress after generalized convulsive seizures.

Robert Daniel NassLukas J MotlochVera PaarMichael LichtenauerJan BaumannBerndt ZurUta C HoppeStefan HoldenriederChristian E ElgerRainer Surges
Published in: Epilepsia (2019)
The use of more sensitive biomarkers such as hsTNT suggests that signs of cardiac stress occur in about 25% of the patients with GCS without apparent clinical symptoms. SuPAR may indicate clinically relevant troponin elevations. Copeptin could help to diagnose GCS, but specificity needs to be tested.
Keyphrases
  • left ventricular
  • stress induced
  • heart failure
  • heat stress
  • contrast enhanced