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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2017-09-01
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Series: | Annals of Saudi Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.401 |