Cardiac thrombus developing after an accidental high-voltage electric shock in a child
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Date
2015
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Publisher
Turkish National Pediatric Society
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Abstract
Akın A, Bilici M, Demir F, Gözü-Pirinççioğlu A, Yavuz C. Cardiac
thrombus developing after an accidental high-voltage electric shock in a child.
Turk J Pediatr 2015; 57: 180-182.
Electric shock is a condition that may affect various organ systems and
potentially cause death. Cardiac findings vary from asymptomatic mild injury
to fatal myocardial involvement. Herein we present a five-year-old boy with
a cardiac thrombus developing after an accidental electrical shock. Cardiac
arrhythmias and evidence of ischemia have been reported after electric shock;
we were, however, unable to identify an earlier case report of intracardiac
thrombosis related to electric shock. Findings such as elevated cardiac enzymes
and systolic dysfunction, which indicate myocardial damage following electric
shock, were present in our patient. We think that the cardiac thrombus might
have resulted from the myocardial damage and the slowed intracardiac blood
flow related to systolic dysfunction. As the thrombus was thought to have
been formed through known mechanisms, it was treated traditionally. However,
further data regarding the etiology and management of such thrombi is needed.
Description
PMID: 26690601
Keywords
Electric shock, Cardiac thrombus, Child
Journal or Series
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
WoS Q Value
Q4
Scopus Q Value
Volume
57
Issue
2
Citation
Akın, A., Bilici, M., Demir, F., Pirinççioğlu, A. G. ve Yavuz, C. (2015). Cardiac thrombus developing after an accidental high-voltage electric shock in a child. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 57(2), 180-182.
