Multiple heart and pericardial lacerations due to blunt trauma from assault

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 168-172

  Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Montisci, Massimo ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Heart laceration; Hemorrhagic shock; Homicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LACERATION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PERICARDIUM; PERICARDIUM LACERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SINUS VENOSUS; STERNUM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1842763034     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(04)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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