[Myocardial infarction after conduction electrical weapon shock]

H Ben Ahmed; K Bouzouita; K Selmi; M Chelli; A Mokaddem; Y Ben Ameur; M R Boujnah

doi:10.1016/j.ancard.2012.03.006

[Myocardial infarction after conduction electrical weapon shock]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2013 Apr;62(2):124-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2012.03.006. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

[Article in French]

Authors

H Ben Ahmed¹, K Bouzouita, K Selmi, M Chelli, A Mokaddem, Y Ben Ameur, M R Boujnah

Affiliation

¹ Service de cardiologie, CHU Mongi Slim La Marsa, 2046 Sidi Daoud La Marsa, Tunis, Tunisie. halfaouine2002@yahoo.fr

PMID: 22551781
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2012.03.006

Abstract

Controversy persists over the safety of conducted electrical weapons, which are increasingly used by law enforcement agencies around the world. We report a case of 33-year-old man who had an acute inferior myocardial infarction after he was shot in the chest with an electrical weapon.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Aggression
Conducted Energy Weapon Injuries / complications*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Weapons*