title: Assessment of electrocardiographic parameters in patients with electrocution injury.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Electrocution injury (EI) is a major problem in developing countries. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of EI on electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 43 patients hospitalized with diagnosis of EI were prospectively enrolled. Admission ECGs were compared with follow-up ECGs obtained one month after the event.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Maximum P wave duration (Pmax), minimum P wave duration (Pmin), P wave dispersion (PWD), PR interval, QRS complex duration, corrected QT duration (QTc), QT dispersion (QTD), T peak to T end (Tp-e) interval were longer and Tp-e interval/QT and Tp-e interval/QTc ratios were higher on admission ECGs compared to follow-up ECGs. Frontal QRS-T angle and frequency of patients with fragmented QRS were also higher on admission ECGs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study revealed that EI causes significant deterioration of admission ECG parameters. The clinical use of these parameters in prediction of arrhythmias after EI warrants further studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Baran
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Karataş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drbarisgungor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Göktürk
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: İpek
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazım Serhan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Şanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Training and Research Hospital, Sanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaplangöray
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kartal Yavuz Selim Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yiğit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Çanga
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Arnavutköy State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gündüz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durmuş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yasin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Çakıllı
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bolca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Arrhythmias; Electrocardiography; Electrocution injury