@article{ref1,
title="Delayed cardiac rupture due to blunt chest trauma",
journal="American journal of forensic medicine and pathology",
year="1991",
author="Pollak, Stefan and Stellwag-Carion, C.",
volume="12",
number="2",
pages="153-156",
abstract="A 7-year-old boy fell from a 2.5-m height and suffered contusion of the thorax with hematoma in the soft tissues of the lateral chest wall. The rib cage itself remained intact. After 3 days, there was only local pressure sensitivity of the left hemithorax. On day 8 after the trauma, the child, who up to then had seemed to be in good health, suddenly died during lessons at school. Autopsy revealed a full-thickness rupture of the left ventricle with resultant cardiac tamponade. The macroscopic and histopathologic findings are presented and discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-7910",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}