Citation

Thakar S, Chandra P, Pednekar M, Kabalkin C, Shani J. Ann. Noninvasive. Electrocardiol. 2012; 17(3): 280-282.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Futura Pub. Co.)

DOI

10.1111/j.1542-474X.2012.00518.x

PMID

22816548

Abstract

Commotio cordis is a rare type of blunt cardiac injury in which low impact chest trauma causes sudden cardiac arrest, usually occurs from being struck by a projectile during sports. The most common arrhythmia during commotio cordis is ventricular fibrillation, although complete heart block and an idioventricular rhythm have also been reported. We describe a case of a young patient who presented with a persistent third-degree atrioventricular block and a left bundle branch block, following blunt chest trauma, as a result of blow by soccer ball and subsequently needed a permanent pacemaker.

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