Cardiac rhythm recorded by implanted loop recorder during lightning strike

Lightning strikes cause severe injuries and fatalities. Injuries vary from self-limiting skin manifestations to cardiac arrest and death. Because the event is sudden and unpredictable, assessment of the direct effects of the lightning on the human heart is usually impossible. In this case, a 16-year...

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Main Authors: Ali Altalhi, Waleed Al-Manea, Naif Alqweai, Mohammed Alothman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017-09-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.401