title: Atrial fibrillation resulting from cardiac trauma.
abstract: Reports in the literature concerning isolated traumatic lesions of the conductive system of the heart following blunt injury to the thorax are rare. A 69-year-old woman who was a front-seat passenger developed disturbances of conduction with atrial fibrillation after blunt injury to the thorax. She died 7 days later. Autopsy and subsequent histological investigation of the conductive system of the heart showed isolated contusion in the right atrium close to the atrio-ventricular node.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000293:injuries; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000293:injuries; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans