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===[[Blunt cardiac injury]]===
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===[[Special:MyLanguage/Blunt cardiac injury|Blunt cardiac injury]]===
 
[[File:Spectrum.png|thumbnail|Spectrum of Blunt Cardiac Injury]]
[[File:Spectrum.png|thumbnail|Spectrum of Blunt Cardiac Injury]]
*A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall
*A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall
*Ranges from [[cardiac contusion]] to infarction to [[Cardiac tamponade|cardiac rupture]] and death.<ref name="El-Menyar">El-Menyar A, Al Thani H, Zarour A, Latifi R. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth. 2012 Oct-Dec;15(4):287-95. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.101875.</ref>
*Ranges from [[Special:MyLanguage/cardiac contusion|cardiac contusion]] to infarction to [[Special:MyLanguage/Cardiac tamponade|cardiac rupture]] and death.<ref name="El-Menyar">El-Menyar A, Al Thani H, Zarour A, Latifi R. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth. 2012 Oct-Dec;15(4):287-95. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.101875.</ref>
**[[Commotio cordis]] is sudden cardiac arrest resulting from blunt chest trauma, in absence of underlying cardiac disease<ref name="Yousef">Yousef R, Carr JA. Blunt cardiac trauma: a review of the current knowledge and management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep;98(3):1134-40. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.043.</ref>
**[[Special:MyLanguage/Commotio cordis|Commotio cordis]] is sudden cardiac arrest resulting from blunt chest trauma, in absence of underlying cardiac disease<ref name="Yousef">Yousef R, Carr JA. Blunt cardiac trauma: a review of the current knowledge and management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep;98(3):1134-40. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.043.</ref>
**Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury
**Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury
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Blunt cardiac injury

Spectrum of Blunt Cardiac Injury
  • A spectrum of disease due to blunt trauma to the chest wall
  • Ranges from cardiac contusion to infarction to cardiac rupture and death.[1]
    • Commotio cordis is sudden cardiac arrest resulting from blunt chest trauma, in absence of underlying cardiac disease[2]
    • Up to 20% of all MVC deaths are due to blunt cardiac injury
  1. El-Menyar A, Al Thani H, Zarour A, Latifi R. Understanding traumatic blunt cardiac injury. Ann Card Anaesth. 2012 Oct-Dec;15(4):287-95. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.101875.
  2. Yousef R, Carr JA. Blunt cardiac trauma: a review of the current knowledge and management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep;98(3):1134-40. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.043.