@article{ref1,
title="A fatal case of heart and pericardium rupture after non-penetrating chest trauma by road accident",
journal="Trauma case reports",
year="2022",
author="Sablone, Sara and Bellino, Mara and Introna, Francesco",
volume="42",
number="",
pages="e100697-e100697",
abstract="Heart lacerations following a non-penetrating chest trauma are rare events, few described in the literature. We report the case of a young woman who died just after a road accident, which determined a blunt thoracic trauma, with perforation of the right ventricle and the contiguous pericardium portion, and compound fractures of the sternum and the left ribs. The case presented is a rare evidence of indirect heart trauma, meaning that there was no correspondence between the chest impact/fracture site and the heart/pericardial lacerations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2352-6440",
doi="10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100697",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100697"
}