1.Electrical Injury As A Possible Cause of Sick Sinus Syndrome.
Sedat KOSE ; Atila IYISOY ; Hurkan KURSAKLIOGLU ; Ertan DEMIRTAS
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2003;18(1):114-115
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.
Adult
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Atropine/diagnostic use
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Electric Injuries/complications*
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Electrocardiography
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Exercise Tolerance
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Human
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Male
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Pacemaker, Artificial
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Sick Sinus Syndrome/etiology*
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Sick Sinus Syndrome/physiopathology
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Sick Sinus Syndrome/therapy
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Sinoatrial Node/physiopathology
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Time Factors