Citation

Link MS, Ginsburg SH, Wang PJ, Kirchhoffer JB, Berul CI, Estes NAM, Paris YM. Chest 1998; 114(1): 326-328.

Affiliation

The Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, New England Medical Center Hospital, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9674489

Abstract

Death due to low-energy chest wall trauma, commotio cordis, may occur in young athletes. Death is sudden and usually refractory to even immediate resuscitation efforts. Herein are described the clinical, angiographic, and hemodynamic data of a rare survivor. These observations suggest that commotio cordis not only may be secondary to ventricular fibrillation, but also may be associated with coronary vasospasm or segmental changes in myocardial contractility.

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