Complete aortic rupture following wakeboarding accident.

Autor: Amadasi A; Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Turmstrasse 21, 10559 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: alberto.amadasi@charite.de., Amadasi L; Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Turmstrasse 21, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) [Leg Med (Tokyo)] 2024 Nov; Vol. 71, pp. 102547. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102547
Abstrakt: Wakeboarding is a sport associated with various types of injuries, primarily affecting the upper and lower limbs. In this case, a 44-year-old man fell from a ramp while wakeboarding and barely managed to reach the shore before dying shortly afterward. An autopsy revealed a complete rupture of the thoracic aorta along with a fracture of the fourth thoracic vertebra. It is likely that several mechanisms contributed to these injuries, either individually or in combination: concussive, rotational, and tensile forces. Additionally, it is plausible that the rupture occurred in two stages, with an initial partial injury worsening during subsequent movements or attempts at rescue and resuscitation. This is the first reported case of death resulting from a ruptured aorta due to wakeboarding, highlighting a potential consequence of this sport.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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