atrial fibrillation following low voltage electrical injury
;Amlan Kanti Biswas;Avinandan Banerjee;Anirban Ghosh;Sanchaita Bala;Rimi Som Sengupta
proceedings of the annual hawaii international conference on system sciences2015Vol. 2pp. 265-267
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biswas2015chrismedatrial
Abstract
This is a case report of occurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) in a previously healthy 50-year-old man after suffering from a nonfatal electrical injury. The patient developed palpitation and sustained nonfatal electrical burn in his right hand after coming in contact with 440 voltage alternating current. His electrocardiogram done at the emergency revealed AF. However he was hemodynamically stable and hence put under conservative therapy. He reverted back to sinus rhythm within 24 h of admission and continued to remain so. Although ventricular arrhythmia is common after electrical injury, AF has been rarely reported in literature.