TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Electrical injury-induced complete atrioventricular block: is permanent pacemaker required?
JO  - Case reports in cardiology
A1  - Beton, Osman
A1  - Efe, Tolga Han
A1  - Kaya, Hakki
A1  - Bilgin, Murat
A1  - Dinc Asarcikli, Lale
A1  - Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan
SP  - e158948
EP  - e158948
VL  - 2015
IS  - 
N2  - A considerable percentage of electrical injuries occur as a result of work activities. Electrical injury can lead to various cardiovascular disorders: acute myocardial necrosis, myocardial ischemia, heart failure, arrhythmias, hemorrhagic pericarditis, acute hypertension with peripheral vasospasm, and anomalous, nonspecific ECG alterations. Ventricular fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia resulting from electrical injury and is the leading cause of death in electrical (especially low voltage alternating current) injury cases. Asystole, premature ventricular contractions, ventricular tachycardia, conduction disorders (various degrees of heart blocks, bundle-brunch blocks), supraventricular tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation are the other arrhythmic complications of electrical injury. Complete atrioventricular block has rarely been reported and permanent pacemaker was required for the treatment in some of these cases. Herein, we present a case of reversible complete atrioventricular block due to low voltage electrical injury in a young electrical technician.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-6404
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/158948
ID  - ref1
ER  -