Management recommendations to reduce cardiac risk in chronic epilepsy

作者：Trudy Pang, Richard L. Verrier, Steven C. Schachter · 发表于：Epilepsy & Behavior Reports · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1016/j.ebr.2024.100738 · 被引用次数：11 · 研究领域：Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies、Epilepsy research and treatment、Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

• Cardiovascular disease progression may be accelerated in patients with epilepsy. • Recurrent seizures induce structural damage, resulting in an Epileptic Heart. • Monitoring ECG, cardiovascular risk, and lipid profiles facilitates detection. • Avoid ASMs that exacerbate hyperlipidemia and arrhythmia in high-risk patients. • Combined patient cardiac risk and epilepsy profiles guide management. Multifactorial lines of evidence in adults point to a critical linkage between chronic epilepsy and elevated risk for cardiovascular disease and premature cardiac death. Diverse pathophysiological processes appear to be involved that include accelerated atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, abnormal autonomic tone, heart failure, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, and hyperlipidemia. Seizure-induced surges in catecholamines and hypoxia may be conducive to cardiovascular damage and the Epileptic Heart condition. The current review provides a systematic strategy for clinical management to reduce risk for cardiovascular disease in adult patients with epilepsy. The proposed approach includes adherence to cardiovascular risk guidelines, incorporation of standard monitoring using electrocardiographic and echocardiographic markers, and regular assessment of plasma lipid profiles. Attention is drawn to the arrhythmogenic risks associated with antiseizure medications (ASMs) with sodium channel blocking properties that can disrupt cardiac conduction and repolarization and predispose to ventri...