@article{ref1,
title="Cardiac coup and contrecoup following a suicide attempt",
journal="Postgraduate medical journal",
year="2019",
author="Briosa E Gala, Andre and Dimarco, Anthony and Battinson, Sobana and Abbas, Ausami and Rawlins, John and Mahmoudi, Michael",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<p> A 48-year-old man was admitted as a Level 1 trauma after attempting suicide by jumping 28 m into a river. He was haemodynamically stable with unremarkable physical examination except for bilateral periorbital bruising. Trauma-protocol CT demonstrated an isolated T5 vertebral fracture.  Despite being pain free, serial ECGs showed dynamic anterior ST-elevation. Review of the trauma CT identified a subtle perfusion defect in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) territory in keeping with a recent infarct, but motion artefact made assessment of the aortic root challenging. In view these findings, … </p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0032-5473",
doi="10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137308",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-137308"
}