@article{ref1,
title="Pathology of the human heart in drowning",
journal="Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine",
year="1987",
author="Lunt, D. W. and Rose, A. G.",
volume="111",
number="10",
pages="939-942",
abstract="Examination of the hearts of ten human drowning victims revealed smooth-muscle contraction banding within the media of the major coronary arteries of eight patients (80%), focal ventricular myocyte hypereosinophilia in eight patients (80%), and ventricular myocyte contraction banding in five patients (50%). These lesions suggest that drowning is associated with a sympathetic storm, which produces both coronary arterial spasm and focal myocyte injury. The lesions may be the first-described positive morphologic markers of drowning in immersed subjects. This study provides further support for the concept that medial smooth-muscle contraction bands may be morphologic markers for antemortem coronary arterial spasm.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9985",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}