Low-tension electrical injury as a cause of atrial fibrillation: a case report

Tex Heart Inst J. 2004;31(2):186-7.

Abstract

Electrical injury can cause a variety of cardiac arrhythmias. Atrial fibrillation as a result of such injury is fairly rare, however, and is rarer still in cases of low-tension electrical injury. We present the case of a patient who developed acute atrial fibrillation in association with low-voltage electrical injury, which resolved after the intravenous administration of digoxin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Occupational*
  • Adult
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Digoxin / administration & dosage
  • Digoxin / therapeutic use
  • Electric Injuries / complications*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male

Substances

  • Digoxin