Sudden death in a patient with epilepsy and arterial hypertension: time for re-assessment

Fulvio A Scorza^{1

2}, Antonio Carlos G de Almeida^{2

3}, Carla A Scorza^{1

2}, Josef Finsterer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Disciplina de Neurociencia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² Centro de Neurociencias e Saude da Mulher "Professor Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima", Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
³ Laboratorio de Neurociencia Experimental e Computacional, Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de Sao Joao del-Rei (UFSJ), Sao Joao del-Rei, MG, BR.
⁴ Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria.

Fulvio A Scorza et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2021.

. 2021 Jun 11:76:e3023.

doi: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e3023. eCollection 2021.

Fulvio A Scorza^{1

2}, Antonio Carlos G de Almeida^{2

3}, Carla A Scorza^{1

2}, Josef Finsterer⁴

¹ Disciplina de Neurociencia, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
² Centro de Neurociencias e Saude da Mulher "Professor Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima", Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, BR.
³ Laboratorio de Neurociencia Experimental e Computacional, Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de Sao Joao del-Rei (UFSJ), Sao Joao del-Rei, MG, BR.
⁴ Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria.

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Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported.

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