Citation

Cumberland GD, Riddick L, McConnell CF. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1991; 12(2): 102-104.

Affiliation

Medical Examiner's Office, First Judicial Circuit, Pensacola, Florida.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1882772

Abstract

We present six cases involving intimal tears of the right atrium of the heart. A proposed mechanism for this injury is discussed, along with implications of the lesion in fatally abused children and traumatized older patients who survive until hospitalization.

Language: en