Blunt Cardiac Injury

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 519-527

  Marcolini, Evie G ^a   Keegan, Joshua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt cardiac injury; Cardiac concussion; Cardiac contusion; Commotio cordis; Contusio cordis

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTUSION; HEART INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMMOTIO CORDIS; COMPLICATION; CONTUSIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURIES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RUPTURE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMMOTIO CORDIS; CONTUSIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84937977224     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2015.04.003     Document Type: Review

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