title: Cardiac rupture over two decades: before and after the introduction of external cardiac compression.
abstract: We describe myocardial rupture before external cardiac compression was introduced and after its introduction and use as a routine procedure.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009664:Norway; D012151:Resuscitation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous