Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required?
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, a...
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| author | Osman Beton Tolga Han Efe Hakki Kaya Murat Bilgin Lale Dinc Asarcikli Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4faf0e7727aa4890bca382f6d174687d2025-02-03T05:43:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122015-01-01201510.1155/2015/158948158948Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required?Osman Beton0Tolga Han Efe1Hakki Kaya2Murat Bilgin3Lale Dinc Asarcikli4Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz5Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University, 58140 Sivas, TurkeyDiskapi Research and Training Hospital, 06110 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University, 58140 Sivas, TurkeyDiskapi Research and Training Hospital, 06110 Ankara, TurkeyDiskapi Research and Training Hospital, 06110 Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University, 58140 Sivas, TurkeyA 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/158948 |
| spellingShingle | Osman Beton Tolga Han Efe Hakki Kaya Murat Bilgin Lale Dinc Asarcikli Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? |
| title_full | Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? |
| title_fullStr | Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? |
| title_short | Electrical Injury-Induced Complete Atrioventricular Block: Is Permanent Pacemaker Required? |
| title_sort | electrical injury induced complete atrioventricular block is permanent pacemaker required |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/158948 |
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