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Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction Caused by Lightning Strike

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2018

Fatih Aydin ,
Ozge Turgay Yildirim Open the ORCID record for Ozge Turgay Yildirim [Opens in a new window] ,
Evrin Dagtekin ,
Ayse Huseyinoglu Aydin  and
Ercan Aksit
Fatih Aydin
Affiliation:
Eskisehir State Hospital Cardiology Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
Ozge Turgay Yildirim*
Affiliation:
Eskisehir State Hospital Cardiology Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
Evrin Dagtekin
Affiliation:
Eskisehir State Hospital Cardiology Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
Ayse Huseyinoglu Aydin
Affiliation:
Eskisehir State Hospital Cardiology Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
Ercan Aksit
Affiliation:
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Cardiology Department, Canakkale, Turkey
*
Correspondence: Ozge Turgay Yildirim, MD Eskisehir Devlet Hastanesi Kardiyoloji Polikliniği 26060 Odunpazarı Eskisehir/Turkey E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Lightning strike is an infrequent natural phenomenon with serious medical complications, like multiple organ damage, and it is associated with increased risk of mortality. Cardiovascular complications are among the most hazardous complications of lightning strike. Lightning strike can cause various serious consequences ranging from electrocardiographic changes to death. We reported a 21-year-old patient with no cardiovascular risk factors struck by lightning and presented by inferior ST elevated myocardial infarction (MI). The patient was followed up in the intensive care unit and MI complication did not develop during follow-up. The patient was lost due to multi-organ failure after 20 hours.

AydinF, Turgay YildirimO, DagtekinE, Huseyinoglu AydinA, AksitE. Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction Caused by Lightning Strike. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(6):658–659.

Keywords

electrocardiographylightning strikemyocardial infraction
Type
Case Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 658 - 659
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Conflicts of interest: none.

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