Myocarditis caused by electrical discharge. A case report

Authors

  • Yasser Beovides Medero Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Isory Quintero Valdivia Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Yanier Coll Muñoz Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

accidentes caused by electrical discharges, heart injuries/mortality, myocarditis, tachycardia, sinus, electrocardiography

Abstract

The electric shock is one of the most frecuent cause of death by natural phenomena. Taking into account the lesions provoked by the kind of impact and electric power, it has been stated that the cardiac lesions constitute one of the main causes of mortality. It is presented a case concerning a 38-year-old woman, who suffered a loss of consciousness and a left ventricle dysfunction by electric shock as a consequence of indirect impact. After she had been admitted, she presented polypnea, third sound and moreover sinus tachycardia in the electrocardiogram (E.C.g9. The rest of electrocardiographic anomalies appeared since the second day after her admission in the hospital. This patient had also some disorders proved by ecocardiographic studies, which are most characteristic in case of direct impact. The changes in both, electrocardiographic and ecocardiographic studies were still existing after the discharge, although it has noticed a clinical and ecocardiographic improvements after the medical treatment. In this research was made also, a brief review of those disorders caused by electric discharges.

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Author Biographies

Yasser Beovides Medero, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cardiología. Profesor Instructor del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Isory Quintero Valdivia, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cardiología. Profesora Instructora del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Yanier Coll Muñoz, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Residente de Cardiología. Profesor Instructor del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Beovides Medero Y, Quintero Valdivia I, Coll Muñoz Y. Myocarditis caused by electrical discharge. A case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 8 [cited 2025 Jun. 30];2(1):31-4. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/365

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008): January-April

Section

Case Reports

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