Wakeboarding-related water impact trauma as a cause of fatal cardiac rupture

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 506-507

  Su, Jang Wen ^a   Lim, Chong Hee ^a,b   Tan, Ju Le ^a   Chua, Yeow Leng ^a   Chui, Paul Peng Sun ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AQUATIC SPORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; WAKEBOARDING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; WATER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447635407     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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