PATHOLOGY OF THE HEART IN DROWNING

  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 109  (2) , 176-178
Abstract
Although ventricular fibrillation is a frequent cause of death in nearly drowned animals, the heart itself was never studied in this condition. Working with a rabbit model, the near drowning state was stimulated. The heart undergoes some pathologic changes, including myocyte hypercontraction and hypereosinophilia. These changes may account for the variety of arrhythmic disturbances that were observed.