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
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”
