Ebert, Lars C; Schön, Corinna A; Ruder, Thomas; Thali, Michael J; Hatch, Gary M (2012). Fatal Left Ventricular Rupture and Pericardial Tamponade Following a Horse Kick to the Chest. American journal of forensic medicine & pathology, 33(2), pp. 167-9. Hagerstown, Md.: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181efbc24
Full text not available from this repository.ABSTRACT: Horse kicks are rare incidents-especially, if they end in fatality. In this case, a 13-year-old girl collapsed 3 minutes after sustaining a kick to the chest from a pony. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed before autopsy.Imaging revealed a 3-cm long laceration of the left ventricle and a large pericardial effusion. Using segmentation techniques, the amount of blood inside the pericardium was determined. These findings correlated well with the autopsy findings. Pericardial tamponade was determined at autopsy to be the cause of death.Postmortem imaging may prove useful for the diagnosis of these types of injury, but further studies are needed to document accuracy.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Imaging 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ebert, Lars Christian, Schön, Corinna, Ruder, Thomas, Thali, Michael, Hatch, Gary |
ISSN: |
0195-7910 |
Publisher: |
Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:10 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181efbc24 |
PubMed ID: |
20683241 |
Web of Science ID: |
000304095400016 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1675 (FactScience: 203538) |
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