Low-tension electrical injury as a cause of atrial fibrillation

Varol E. , OZAYDIN M. , ALTINBAS A. , DOGAN A.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.31, no.2, pp.186-187, 2004 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Title of Journal : TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Page Numbers: pp.186-187

Abstract

Electrical injury can cause a variety of cardiac arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation as a result of such injury is fairly rare, however and is rarer still in cases of low-tension electrical injury We present the case of a patient who developed acute atrial fibrillation in association with low-voltage electrical injury, which resolved after the intravenous administration of digoxin.