1.A Case of Commotio Cordis.
Hyoung Seob PARK ; Seong Wook HAN ; Yun Kyeong CHO ; Hyuck Jun YUN ; Young Soo LEE ; Dae Woo HYUN ; Seung Ho HUR ; Kee Sik KIM ; Yoon Nyun KIM ; Kwon Bae KIM ; Nam Hee PARK ; Kyoung Sook WON ; Sea Kwan PARK
Korean Circulation Journal 2003;33(8):719-722
Commotio cordis is sudden death due to a non-penetrating chest wall impact in the absence of structural injury to the heart and chest wall. It usually occurs during sports games, like baseball, ice-hockey and soft balls, in young children. When objects (baseball, hockey puck, etc) strike the chest, a fatal arrhythmia like ventricular fibrillation can occur. We report a case of ventricular fibrillation that occurred after a light blunt trauma to the chest wall.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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Baseball
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Child
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Commotio Cordis*
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Death, Sudden
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Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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Heart
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Hockey
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Humans
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Sports
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Strikes, Employee
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Thoracic Wall
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Thorax
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Ventricular Fibrillation
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