Impact directly over the cardiac silhouette is necessary to produce ventricular fibrillation in an experimental model of commotio cordis
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Impact directly over the cardiac silhouette is necessary to produce ventricular fibrillation in an experimental model of commotio cordis.
OBJECTIVES In an experimental model of sudden death from chest wall impact (commotio cordis), we sought to define the chest wall areas important in the initiation of ventricular fibrillation (VF). BACKGROUND Sudden death can result from an innocent chest blow by a baseball or other projectile. Observations in humans suggest that these lethal blows occur over the precordium. However, the preci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)01142-6