Commotio cordis – a review of a rare cause of sudden death in young athletes

Autor: Wojciech Pawęska, Hanna Dominik, Jan Radwański, Zuzanna Czudy, Marika Polatowska, Anna Gadomska, Justyna Kurek, Rafał Gorzyński, Michał Garstka, Justyna Molczyk-Sieńczak
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Polish<br />Russian<br />Ukrainian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Education, Health and Sport, Vol 40, Iss 1 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2391-8306
DOI: 10.12775/JEHS.2023.40.01.008
Popis: Commotio cordis, from Latin “agitation of the heart” is a potentially fatal sudden disruption and alteration of heart electric activity. It is usually caused by relatively mild blunt non-penetrating trauma to the specific point on anterior part of the chest wall during beginning of the heart muscle repolarization phase. It leads to ventricular fibrillation presenting as a collapse few seconds after the blow. It can be lethal without taking proper steps of management in a short ammount of time.
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