Commotio cordis as cause of sudden cardiac death associated with chest trauma

Sudden cardiac death following blunt chest trauma: commotio cordis.

BACKGROUND There have been numerous reports of sudden cardiac death attributable to the condition of commotio cordis. Primarily, these are reports from the USA. Although three Australian cases have been mentioned in the published literature, the present case appears to be the first described Australian case. METHODS A man was brought to the Emergency Department after sudden collapse while pla...

Mechanically induced sudden death in chest wall impact (commotio cordis).

Sudden death due to nonpenetrating chest wall impact in the absence of injury to the ribs, sternum and heart is known as commotio cordis. Although once thought rare, an increasing number of these events have been reported. Indeed, a significant percentage of deaths on the athletic field are due to chest wall impact. Commotio cordis is most frequently observed in young individuals (age 4-18 year...

[Cardiac trauma (heart tamponade, commotio cordis, etc.)].

Commotio Cordis and Contusio Cordis: Possible Causes of Trauma-Related Cardiac Death

An important complication of chest trauma is serious cardiac problems. The fatal conditions like cardiac arrhythmias, including ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest can occur in both cardiac concussion (commotio cordis) and cardiac contusion (contusio cordis). Commotio cordis is to be distinguished from cardiac contusion (contusio cordis) or blunt cardiac injury, a condition in wh...

Upper and lower limits of vulnerability to sudden arrhythmic death with chest-wall impact (commotio cordis).

OBJECTIVES In an animal model of commotio cordis, sudden death with chest-wall impact, we sought to systematically evaluate the importance of impact velocity in the generation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) with baseball chest-wall impact. BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac death can occur with chest-wall blows in recreational and competitive sports (commotio cordis). Analyses of clinical events sug...