Citation

Vesterby A, Gregersen M. Z. Rechtsmed. 1980; 85(2): 153-157.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7434977

Abstract

Reports in the literature concerning isolated traumatic lesions of the conductive system of the heart following blunt injury to the thorax are rare. A 69-year-old woman who was a front-seat passenger developed disturbances of conduction with atrial fibrillation after blunt injury to the thorax. She died 7 days later. Autopsy and subsequent histological investigation of the conductive system of the heart showed isolated contusion in the right atrium close to the atrio-ventricular node.

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