Massive injury to the heart after attempted active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Klintschar, M ^a   Darok, M ^a   Radner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Active compression decompression; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Complications; Iatrogenic injury; Myocardial rupture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MASSAGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; STERNUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 0031885250     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050123     Document Type: Article

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