@article{f5719abed8854817b57ec2ae0b3172ab,
title = "Junctional ectopic tachycardia in association with blunt abdominal trauma",
abstract = "Junctional ectopic tachycardia is recognized predominantly as a postoperative arrhythmia after surgery for congenital heart disease. Diagnosis and treatment distinguish it from more commonly observed mechanisms of supraventricular tachycardia. We present a case of junctional ectopic tachycardia that occurred in the setting of abdominal trauma caused by child abuse and then explore the significance of this arrhythmia in a patient with trauma.",
author = "Cloutier, {Robert L.} and Mehr, {Mehrdad F.} and Lin, {Richard J.} and Tanel, {Ronn E.}",
note = "Funding Information: The combination of abdominal trauma and cardiac arrhythmia suggests an extensive injury involving the thoracic cavity, possibly a cardiac contusion. This diagnosis is supported by the presence of depressed ventricular shortening and septal dyskinesis at the crux of the heart. Although the specific electrophysiologic cause of JET is not clearly understood, both this case and postoperative JET similarly support a theory of traumatic excitability. 5 The spontaneous recovery of sinus rhythm in this patient is also observed in patients with postoperative JET. ",
year = "2002",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1067/mem.2002.126608",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "40",
pages = "308--312",
journal = "Annals of emergency medicine",
issn = "0196-0644",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "3",
}