Cardiac injuries caused by blunt trauma: An autopsy based assessment of the injury pattern
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2010-01
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Wiley
Abstract
Nonpenetrating chest trauma with injury to the heart and aorta has become increasingly common, particularly as a result of rapid deceleration in high-speed vehicular accidents, over the past 2-3 decades. The high mortality rate of cardiac injuries and possible late onset complications make blunt cardiac injuries an important challenging point for legal medicine. One hundred and ninety cases with blunt cardiac injuries in a period of 3 years were analyzed retrospectively in terms of patterns of cardiac injury, survival times, and demographic profiles of the cases in this study.
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Bu çalışma, 21-26 Ağustos 2005 tarihleri arasında Hong Kong[Çin]’da 2005 düzenlenen 17. Meeting of the International-Association-of-Forensic-Sciences (IAFS 2005)’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.
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Forensic science, Autopsy, Pathology, Blunt trauma, Cardiac injury, Cardiac rupture, Myocardial contusion, Chest trauma, Sudden-death, Children, Rupture, Heart, Legal medicine
Citation
Turan, A. A. vd. (2010). "Cardiac injuries caused by blunt trauma: An autopsy based assessment of the injury pattern". Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(1), 82-84.