TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Fatal Left Ventricular Rupture and Pericardial Tamponade Following a Horse Kick to the Chest
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Ebert, Lars C.
A1  - Schön, Corinna A.
A1  - Ruder, Thomas D.
A1  - Thali, Michael J.
A1  - Hatch, Gary M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Horse kicks are rare incidents-especially, if they end in fatality. In this case, a 13-year-old girl collapsed 3 minutes after sustaining a kick to the chest from a pony. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. Postmortem computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were performed before autopsy.Imaging revealed a 3-cm long laceration of the left ventricle and a large pericardial effusion. Using segmentation techniques, the amount of blood inside the pericardium was determined. These findings correlated well with the autopsy findings. Pericardial tamponade was determined at autopsy to be the cause of death.Postmortem imaging may prove useful for the diagnosis of these types of injury, but further studies are needed to document accuracy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181efbc24
ID  - ref1
ER  -