Post-mortem MSCT diagnosis of acute pericardial tamponade caused by blunt trauma to the chest in a motor-vehicle collision

Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-122

  Huang, Ping ^a   Wan, Lei ^a   Qin, Zhiqiang ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Ningguo ^a   Zou, Donghua ^a   Chen, Yijiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Car accident; Multislice computed tomography (MSCT); Pericardial tamponade; Sternum fracture

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ARREST; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN ABRASION; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84863426600     PISSN: 12218618     EISSN: 18448585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4323/rjlm.2012.117     Document Type: Article

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