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. 2003 Feb;18(1):114–115. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.1.114

Electrical injury as a possible cause of sick sinus syndrome.

Sedat Kose 1, Atila Iyisoy 1, Hurkan Kursaklioglu 1, Ertan Demirtas 1
PMCID: PMC3054994  PMID: 12589099

Abstract

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.

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