Melissa Mascaro, Thomas H Trojian
Department of Sports Medicine, St Francis Hospital, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT 06105, USA. Mmascaro@stfranciscare.org
Clinics in sports medicine 2013 AprThis article is meant to provide physicians with a working definition of blunt cardiac contusions as well as mechanism of injury for blunt cardiac contusions and the differential diagnoses. It is also meant to help physicians with management and plan of care. After a thorough history and physical examination, the implementation of prompt CPR and prehospital automatic external defibrillator use has been shown to increase the survival rate. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Melissa Mascaro, Thomas H Trojian. Blunt cardiac contusions. Clinics in sports medicine. 2013 Apr;32(2):267-71
PMID: 23522508
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