Development of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation after an Electrical Injury

Joint Authors

Bayata, Serdar
Gursul, Erdal
Aksit, Ercan
Ugurlu, Basak

Source

Case Reports in Emergency Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-01-08

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Electrical energy is a type of energy that is commonly used in daily life.

Ventricular premature beats, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, bundle branch blocks, and AV block are arrhythmic complications that are encountered in case of electric shocks.

Myocardial infarction is one of the rarely seen complications of electric shocks yet it has fatal outcomes.

Coronary arteries were detected to be normal in most of the patients who had myocardial infarction following an electric shock.

So, etiology of myocardial infarction is thought to be unrelated to coronary atherosclerosis in these cases.

Coronary artery vasospasm is thought to be the primary etiological cause.

In our case report, we presented a patient who developed ST elevation MI with atrial fibrillation after an electric shock.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Gursul, Erdal& Bayata, Serdar& Aksit, Ercan& Ugurlu, Basak. 2015. Development of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation after an Electrical Injury. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Gursul, Erdal…[et al.]. Development of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation after an Electrical Injury. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058492

American Medical Association (AMA)

Gursul, Erdal& Bayata, Serdar& Aksit, Ercan& Ugurlu, Basak. Development of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation after an Electrical Injury. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1058492

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1058492