Electrical injury as a possible cause of sick sinus syndrome.
Electrical injury is a serious public health problem. Heart is one of the most frequently affected organs. Electrical injury can cause life-threatening cardiac complications such as asystole, ventricular fibrillation, and myocardial rupture. In this case report, we present a 20-yr-old male patient with sick sinus syndrome that developed years after electrical injury.
Kose
Sedat
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Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi Kardiyoloji AD Etlik, Ankara, Turkey 06018. aiyisoy@hotmail.com
Iyisoy
Atila
A
Kursaklioglu
Hurkan
H
Demirtas
Ertan
E
D000328:Adult; D001285:Atropine; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
D001285:Atropine