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Electrical injury as a possible cause of sick sinus syndrome
Sedat Kose1, Atila Iyisoy, Hurkan Kursaklioglu
1Gulhane Askeri Tip Akademisi Kardiyoloji AD Etlik, Ankara, Turkey 06018. aiyisoy@hotmail.com
Journal of Korean Medical Science
|February 18, 2003
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.