• Seizure · Aug 2016

    Polytherapy with sodium channel-blocking antiepileptic drugs is associated with arrhythmogenic ST-T abnormality in patients with epilepsy.

    • Naruya Ishizue, Shinichi Niwano, Masanori Saito, Hidehira Fukaya, Hironori Nakamura, Tazuru Igarashi, Tamami Fujiishi, Tomoharu Yoshizawa, Jun Oikawa, Akira Satoh, Jun Kishihara, Masami Murakami, Hiroe Niwano, Hitoshi Miyaoka, and Junya Ako.
    • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan. Electronic address: n_ishizue@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
    • Seizure. 2016 Aug 1; 40: 81-7.

    PurposeRecent reports have documented the appearance of Brugada-type ST elevation in cases of overdose of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). However, little is known about changes on electrocardiographs (ECGs) during AED use at therapeutic doses. AEDs may cause Brugada-type ST elevation or J-wave-like intraventricular conduction delays through an ion channel-blocking effect. In the present study, we sought to elucidate ECG abnormalities in patients on AED therapy.MethodsThe study population consisted of 120 consecutive patients with epilepsy who continued to take AEDs and had ECGs recorded during these therapies. Their clinical background and ECGs were retrospectively analyzed. Brugada-type ST elevation was classified according to the consensus report on Brugada syndrome. A J-wave-like ECG abnormality was defined as the appearance of notching or slurring of the QRS complex (>0.1mV) in the inferior/lateral leads.ResultsOf the 120 patients, 15 (12.5%) exhibited Brugada-type ST elevation and 35 (29.2%) showed a J-wave-like ECG abnormality. Polytherapy with sodium channel-blocking AEDs (e.g., carbamazepine, phenytoin, lamotrigine) was more frequently observed in patients with Brugada-type ST elevation (p=0.048). However, the serum concentrations of these medicines did not differ between patients with and without ECG abnormalities (carbamazepine: 7.9±4.1 vs. 7.2±5.9μg/dL; phenytoin: 12.7±4.1 vs. 15.5±9.5μg/dL, NS).ConclusionST-T abnormalities were frequently seen in patients using AEDs. The presence of Brugada-type ST elevation was associated with polytherapy with sodium channel-blocking AEDs.Copyright © 2016 British Epilepsy Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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