Sudden Unexpected Death from Cardiac Concussion (Commotio Cordis) with Unusual Legal Complications
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 24 (4) , 752-756
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs10902j
Abstract
The clinical concept of cardiac concussion (commotio cordis) has been known for many centuries; however, it has received little attention since it was reviewed in the 1940s. Blunt force injuries to the chest wall causing damage to the heart are observed iKeywords
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