Novel Heart Rate Anaylsis Distinguishes TLE Patients from Patients with Non-Epileptic Seizures

Authors

Rebecca O. Dwyer, Georgetown University
Ulrich Zurcher, Cleveland State UniversityFollow
Lelia Muhieddiene, Cleveland State University
Lythe Albakri, Cleveland State University
Richard Burgess, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-12-2014

Publication Title

Neurology

Abstract

Autonomic cardiac dysfuction is reported in patients with TLE, manifesting as heart rate abnormalities. However, reports measuring HR using frequency-domain analysis (fourier transformation) have not controlled for respiratory arrhythmia and yielded conflicting results. As biological systems normally show characteristics of variability which can be mathematically quantified as non-linear entropy, we hypothesize that by measuring the entropy of cardiac rhythms, we can distinguish TLE patients from those with non-epileptic seizures.

Repository Citation

Dwyer, Rebecca O.; Zurcher, Ulrich; Muhieddiene, Lelia; Albakri, Lythe; and Burgess, Richard, "Novel Heart Rate Anaylsis Distinguishes TLE Patients from Patients with Non-Epileptic Seizures" (2014). Physics Faculty Publications. 316.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/316

Volume

80

Issue

7