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Permanent Myocardial Dysfunction Caused by High-Voltage Electrical Injury

A Case Report

Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara

Hasan Turhan, MD

Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, drhturhan{at}yahoo.com

A. Riza Erbay, MD

Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara

Ertan Yetkin, MD

Department of Cardiology, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

Mehmet Ileri, MD

Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara

Electrical injury, particularly alternating current, may lead to disease of conducting tissue or to myocardial damage, or even may cause sudden death. In the present case, the authors report a 22-year-old man who sustained extensive upper extremity trauma from a high-voltage electrical injury and manifested clinical signs of left ventricular heart failure.

Angiology, Vol. 55, No. 4, 455-457 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500414


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