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Electrocardiographic changes following electric shock

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An 11-year-old patient had E.C.G. changes of myocardial injury following electric shock. No abnormality of heart sounds or other evidence of cardiac inefficiency were noted. The abnormal E.C.G. pattern returned to normal within three weeks and remained so during a follow-up of a further 6 months.

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  1. Kiron Moy Das

    Present address: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

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  1. the Stracathro Hospital, Scotland

    Kiron Moy Das

  2. Fellow and Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Nassau County Medical Centre, 11554, East Meadow, New York

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Das, K.M. Electrocardiographic changes following electric shock. Indian J Pediatr 41, 192–194 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874864

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