This is usually caused by blunt trauma to the heart or chest cavity during a car crash or fall. This can cause irregular heartbeats. For some, if myocardial contusion is minor, ...

The authors performed a structured review of 27 articles focused on ED or out-of-hospital thoracotomy for blunt trauma. ... clamped the aorta, and reached for the heart.

When Jordan Petersen got knocked out on the football field at Spruce Creek High School, his heart stopped. Medical professionals speculate that he experienced a rare event called a “commotio ...

Stent Grafts: A Better Way To Treat Blunt Trauma Injuries Date: August 7, 2008 Source: Society of Interventional Radiology Summary: Endovascular repair -- fixing an injury in a blood vessel from ...

LAKEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Autopsy results show a southern New Jersey woman allegedly killed by her adult daughter was struck in the head by a blunt object. Ocean County prosecutors tell the ...

Blunt force trauma can cause several types of injury any one of which is sufficient to cause death. It seems like hardly a week goes by these days that we do not here of someone being killed by ...

Doctors may refer to a punch in the throat as blunt trauma. ... which deliver blood from the brain to the heart, the spinal cord, cranial nerves, and certain arteries. Zone 2: ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Medical experts testified Tuesday at the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his ex-girlfriend suffered brain injuries consistent with blunt ...

Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who was violently beaten by Memphis police officers in January, died from blunt force trauma to the head and his death has been ruled a homicide, his ...