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Commotio Cordis Secondary to Aggression

Authors :
Davide Moreira
Inês Almeida
Inês Pires
Luísa Gonçalves
J Santos
Joana Laranjeira Correia
Source :
International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences.
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, 2021.

Abstract

Case report A 35-year-old man was admitted following a recovered cardiorespiratory arrest. He was attacked by another man with multiples blunts by a wood stick in the chest and head. An eyewitness statement indicated that the victim had lost consciousness and collapsed after being hit in the chest. He was in cardiac arrest, and a nearby healthcare professional provided first aid with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The first electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm strip, fifteen minutes later, identified ventricular fibrillation (VF) (). Sixteen electrical [...]

Details

ISSN :
23595647 and 23594802
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........7965a96069cc2e2b6848db9a549063ea
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.36660/ijcs.20200356