Immediate cardiac arrest and subsequent development of cardiogenic shock caused by lightning strike.

J Trauma

Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Surgical Critical Care, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.

Published: January 2010

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