| Literature DB >> 18233984 |
Ashok K Kondur1, Luis C Afonso, Loren D Berenbom, Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy.
Abstract
We report an unusual case of a 75-year-old male electrocuted by lightning strike rescued by implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shock coincidentally. Lightning strikes are an unusual cause of fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Depending on the amount of energy and the current vector affecting the heart, the arrhythmia burden ranges from asystole to ventricular fibrillation.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18233984 DOI： 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00980.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pacing Clin Electrophysiol ISSN： 0147-8389 Impact factor: 1.976