Citation

Finn WF, Byrum JE. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1988; 17(1): 59-62.

Affiliation

Section on Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3337416

Abstract

We report a case of sudden death in an 18-year-old man who collapsed after falling prone onto a football. Although no external evidence of injury or cardiac contusion was noted, a right atrial endocardial tear extending through the conduction system was found at autopsy. This was thought to be responsible for his death and to explain the transient appearance of third-degree heart block during resuscitation.

Keywords: American football;