A Case of Commotio Cordis
Korean Circulation Journal
;
: 719-722, 2003.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-105190
ABSTRACT
Commotio cordis is sudden death due to a non-penetrating chest wall impact in the absence of structural injury to the heart and chest wall. It usually occurs during sports games, like baseball, ice-hockey and soft balls, in young children. When objects (baseball, hockey puck, etc) strike the chest, a fatal arrhythmia like ventricular fibrillation can occur. We report a case of ventricular fibrillation that occurred after a light blunt trauma to the chest wall.
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Main subject:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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Sports
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Strikes, Employee
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Thorax
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Baseball
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Ventricular Fibrillation
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Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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Thoracic Wall
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Death, Sudden
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Commotio Cordis
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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