Blunt Cardiac Contusions

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-271

  Mascaro, Melissa ^a   Trojian, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt cardiac trauma; Cardiac injury; Chest wall protectors; Commotio cordis; Sudden collapse

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

BLUNT CARDIAC CONTUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONTUSION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETURN TO PLAY; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPORT INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84875538072     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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