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[[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 | ||
Latest revision as of 02:09, 26 January 2026
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.