Upper and lower limits of vulnerability to sudden arrhythmic death with chest-wall impact (commotio cordis)
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Upper and lower limits of vulnerability to sudden arrhythmic death with chest-wall impact (commotio cordis).
OBJECTIVES In an animal model of commotio cordis, sudden death with chest-wall impact, we sought to systematically evaluate the importance of impact velocity in the generation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) with baseball chest-wall impact. BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac death can occur with chest-wall blows in recreational and competitive sports (commotio cordis). Analyses of clinical events sug...
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Sudden death due to nonpenetrating chest wall impact in the absence of injury to the ribs, sternum and heart is known as commotio cordis. Although once thought rare, an increasing number of these events have been reported. Indeed, a significant percentage of deaths on the athletic field are due to chest wall impact. Commotio cordis is most frequently observed in young individuals (age 4-18 year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02669-4