title: Commodio cordis: an underappreciated cause of sudden cardiac death in young patients: assessment and management in the ED.
abstract: Commotio cordis is the condition of sudden cardiac death or near sudden cardiac death after blunt, low-impact chest wall trauma in the absence of structural cardiac abnormality. Ventricular fibrillation is the most commonly reported induced arrhythmia in commotio cordis. Blunt impact injury to the chest with a baseball is the most common mechanism. Survival rates for commotio cordis are low, even with prompt CPR and defibrillation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. adp9b@virginia.edu
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Erling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*