Hemopericardium-related fatalities: A 10-year medicolegal autopsy experience

Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Altun, Gurcan ^a   Altun, Armagan ^a   Yilmaz, Ahmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Entrance wound; Hemopericardium; Road accidents; Stabbing; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAB WOUND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 24744464321     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087633     Document Type: Article

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