Signi†cance of Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a very common brain disorder, and it is estimated that about 5.5 million people around the world suffer from it. The general population with active epilepsy (i.e., continuing seizures) at a given time is 4-10 per 1,000 people in industrialized nations and 6-10 per 1,000 in developing countries. In the industrialized nations, annual new cases are 40-70 per 100,000 people, with twice those numbers in developing countries (WHO, 2009). …