TY - JOUR PY - 1986// TI - Trauma as a life-lengthening agency--a biologic paradox JO - Journal of trauma A1 - Adelson, L. SP - 1148 EP - 1150 VL - 26 IS - 12 N2 - Traumatic antero-posterior chest compression in two persons promptly (immediately?) following spontaneous rupture of acute, free wall myocardial infarcts created pericardio-pleural fistulae with resultant relief of pericardial tamponade, thus permitting cardiac contractions to occur after they naturally and ordinarily would have ceased. LA - SN - 0022-5282 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -