Asystole is the absence of cardiac electrical activity.




ECG 1a. The Holter tracing above belongs to a 45 years-old woman who was being treated as "epilepsy". Holter recording
showed asystole lasting approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Dr. Peter Kukla has donated the above Holter tracing to our website.



ECG 1b. Holter tracing shows beginning of the asystole.

Dr. Peter Kukla has donated the above Holter tracing to our website.

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ECG 1c. Holter tracing shows the termination of asystole. The patient had undergone implantation of DDD type pacemaker and
her "attacks of epilepsy " vanished (!).

Dr. Peter Kukla has donated the above Holter tracing to our website.

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ECG 2a. Above 3-channel ambulatory ECG (Holter) recording belongs to a 55 years-old woman. The basic rhythm is atrial fibrillation. She experienced two episodes of asystole lasting at least 5 seconds. Her relatives said that thye suggested that she had epilepsy.

Dr. Naile Eris Gudul has donated the above Holter tracing to our website.

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ECG 2b. Above 3-channel ambulatory ECG (Holter) recording also belongs to the same woman. This time asystole lasts 9 seconds during sleep.

Dr. Naile Eris Gudul has donated the above Holter tracing to our website.

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