TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - The mechanism of fatal cardiopulmonary injury caused by a blow from a golf club
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Purdue, B.
A1  - Fernando, G. C.
SP  - 125
EP  - 130
VL  - 42
IS  - 1-2
N2  - In the course of a scuffle, a youth of 18 years was struck a single blow across the chest with a golf club. He collapsed dead on the spot. At autopsy, a precisely located and highly distinctive patterned imprint abrasion of the precordial region was revealed providing an excellent match with the weapon. The heart showed multiple internal ruptures and there was a laceration of the lingula of the left lung. Injury to the chest wall was confined to the soft tissues, the rib cage and sternum being intact. We postulate a novel mechanism to explain the cardiac rupture.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -