Myocardial injury due to lightning strike: A case report

Alyan O., ÖZDEMİR Ö., Tufekcioglu O., Geyik B., Aras D., Demirkan D.

Angiology, cilt.57, sa.2, ss.219-223, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/000331970605700213
  • Dergi Adı: Angiology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-223
  • Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Lightning strike is a natural phenomenon with potentially devastating effects and represents one of the leading causes of cardiac arrest and death from environmental phenomena. Almost every organ system may be impaired as lightning passes through the human body taking the shortest pathways between the contact points. In this paper, the authors report a 38-year-old man who was injured by lightning, a typical example of "side splash," and had transient electrocardiographic changes. ©2006 Westminster Publications, Inc.