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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/33932| Title: | Back trauma resulting in commotio cordis |
| Authors: | Bugeja, Justine Dimech, Thea Borg, Charles Meilak, Samuel Sammut, Matthew Grech, Victor E. |
| Keywords: | Sports injuries Arrhythmia Ventricular tachycardia Heart block Thoracic vertebrae -- Wounds and injuries |
| Issue Date: | 2018-04 |
| Publisher: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology |
| Citation: | Bugeja, J., Dimech, T., Borg, C., Meilak, S., Sammut, M., & Grech, V. (2018). Back trauma resulting in commotio cordis. Images in Paediatric Cardiology, 20(2), 5-6. |
| Abstract: | Commotio cordis (Latin: "agitation of the heart") is a dysrhythmia provoked by praecordial trauma during the early part of cardiac repolarisation. Recorded rhythms include ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation, bradyarrhythmias, idioventricular rhythm, complete heart block and asystole. The quoted fatality rate is 65% even with prompt CPR and defibrillation, and exceeds 80% in the absence of such interventions. Above a certain threshold of trauma/impact, structural cardiac damage may also occur (contusio cordis). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33932 |
| Appears in Collections: | IPC, Volume 20, Issue 2 IPC, Volume 20, Issue 2 |
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