Heart rate variability remains reduced and sympathetic tone elevated after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

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DERİCİOĞLU N., Demirci M., CATALTEPE O., Akalan N., SAYGI S.

SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, vol.22, no.9, pp.713-718, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.05.007
  • Journal Name: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.713-718
  • Keywords: Epilepsy surgery, Temporal lobe epilepsy, Heart rate variability, Autonomic nervous system, CARDIOVASCULAR AUTONOMIC RESPONSES, SPECTRAL-ANALYSIS, MORTALITY, MODULATION, DYSFUNCTION
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: There is evidence of autonomic dysregulation in temporal lobe epilepsy. The structures removed during temporal lobectomy are important centers of central cardiovascular control; therefore surgery may conceivably alter the cardiovascular autonomic function. The effects of temporal lobectomy on autonomic cardiac control are controversial. We investigated the effects of temporal lobectomy on heart rate variability (HRV) in the early and late postoperative periods.