Citation

Tian MH, Gao WM, Jia YQ, Xue JJ, Xiao Y, Cao ZP, Zhu BL. Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 34(5): 538-541.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Pathology, School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, Liaoning Province, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Si fa bu Si fa jian ding ke xue ji shu yan jiu suo)

DOI

10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2018.05.020

PMID

30468059

Abstract

Commotio cordis （CC） is the acute death caused by the cardiac rhythm disorder after a sudden blunt external force to the precordium of a healthy person without previous heart disease. As one type of violent heart damage, CC is rare with relatively small external force and sudden death, therefore causing disputes. This paper reviews the epidemiology, mechanisms and the key points in forensic identification of CC, discusses the identification and antidiastole of CC, myocardial contusion, sudden cardiac death and death from inhibition, and provides assistance to forensic pathologists to identify such causes of death.

Copyright© by the Editorial Department of Journal of Forensic Medicine.

Language: zh

Language: zh

Language: zh

Language: zh

Keywords

death from inhibition; death, sudden, cardiac; forensic pathology; myocardial contusion; review