Blood markers of cardiac stress after generalized convulsive seizures.
Robert Daniel NassLukas J MotlochVera PaarMichael LichtenauerJan BaumannBerndt ZurUta C HoppeStefan HoldenriederChristian E ElgerRainer SurgesPublished 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.