title: [Infarct ECG following a lightning accident].
abstract: A 17-year-old man was resuscitated after being struck by lightning. The ECG showed a development similar to anterior infarction. The patient died on the 12th day due to irreversible brain damage. Autopsy showed normal myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow-Standort Wedding-, Abteilung für Kardiologie und Intensivmedizin, Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiegand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bentsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hochrein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis
vernacular_title: Infarkt-EKG nach Blitzunfall.