Title of article
Acute Myocardial Infarction in a 17-Year-Old Boy Secondary to Lightning Strike
Author/Authors
آذري، علي نويسنده Azari, Ali , بيگدلو، ليلا نويسنده , , پيشبين، الهام نويسنده Cardiologist, Emergency Medicine Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad Iran Pishbin, Elham , روحاني، اتوشه نويسنده دكتر اتوشه روحاني (استاديار)، گروه قلب، دانشگاه علوم پزشكي ياسوج، كهكيلويه و بوير احمد، ايران. Rohani, Atooshe
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2013
Pages
3
From page
104
To page
106
Abstract
Although lightning is an uncommon phenomenon in nature; it can cause many
destructive incidents. In the event of a lightning strike, multiple organs
particularly the cardiovascular systems are at risk of injury. Short-term
mortality depends on its cardiac effects. In this paper, the authors report the
development of myocardial infarction and pericardial effusion after lightning
injury, a typical example of “side splash”
Journal title
Journal of Cardio- Thoracic Medicine
Serial Year
2013
Journal title
Journal of Cardio- Thoracic Medicine
Record number
945710
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