J Korean Med Sci.  2003 Feb;18(1):114-115. 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.1.114.

Electrical Injury As A Possible Cause of Sick Sinus Syndrome

• Kose S
• Iyisoy A
• Kursaklioglu H
• Demirtas E

• KMID: 1099805
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2003.18.1.114

Abstract

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.

Keyword

Electric Injuries; Side Sinus Syndrome; Turkey

MeSH Terms

Adult
Atropine/diagnostic use
Electric Injuries/complications*
Electrocardiography
Exercise Tolerance
Human
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial
Sick Sinus Syndrome/etiology*
Sick Sinus Syndrome/physiopathology
Sick Sinus Syndrome/therapy
Sinoatrial Node/physiopathology
Time Factors