Cardiac manifestations following electrocution in children

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-460

  Haim, Alon ^a   Zucker, Nili ^a   Levitas, Aviva ^a   Sofer, Shaul ^a   Katz, Amos ^b   Zalzstein, Eli ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Electric shock; Electrocardiogram; Syncope

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; TROPONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYSTOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; ST SEGMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 53349153642     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002527     Document Type: Article

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