Cardiovascular and bone health comorbidities in epilepsy
Epilepsy is a multisystem disorder that encompasses cardiovascular disease and skeletal fragility. Although formal guidelines are currently lacking, clinicians should consider integrating cardiovascular screening, rational ASM selection, and proactive bone-health surveillance into routine epilepsy management. Research should focus on longitudinal, mechanistic, and interventional studies to improve cardiovascular and bone health and to validate emerging screening and management guidelines to improve overall health in epilepsy.
Authors
- Ann Subota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-1485)
- Colin B. Josephson
Institutions
- Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Forsyth County Schools (US)
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Neurology
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/wco.0000000000001473
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00