The Dangerous Life of a Storm Chaser: A Lightning Strike Injury Causing Serious Injury
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[Cardiac injury after indirect lightning strike].
Lightning strike is one of the most frequent causes of death due to natural phenomena. In such cases, cardiac injury is the main cause of death, with type of lesion varying by type of impact. We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who was struck indirectly by lightning. Upon hospital admission, she showed both the echocardiographic disturbances characteristic of direct impact and electrocard...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2324-7096,2324-7096
DOI: 10.1177/2324709620925566