Citation

Adelson L. J. Trauma 1986; 26(12): 1148-1150.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3795317

Abstract

Traumatic antero-posterior chest compression in two persons promptly (immediately?) following spontaneous rupture of acute, free wall myocardial infarcts created pericardio-pleural fistulae with resultant relief of pericardial tamponade, thus permitting cardiac contractions to occur after they naturally and ordinarily would have ceased.