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Forensic Sci Int
; 229(1-3): e16-8, 2013 Jun 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23578841
ABSTRACT
We describe an unusual case of delayed cardiac tamponade that led to death 9 days after a penetrating stab wound. The injury consisted of a longitudinal tear in the LAD coronary artery, with an occlusive thrombus and the rupture of the coronary wall into a pseudo-aneurysmatic peri-coronary hematoma. As imaging evidence of pericardial effusion and ischemic electrocardiographic changes were lacking, the diagnosis was only made during post-mortem examination.