title: Ventricular tachycardia in an ice-hockey player after a blunt chest trauma.
abstract: A case of a professional ice-hockey with a blunt chest trauma is presented. A year after the first cardiac evaluation, he experienced sustained ventricular tachycardia after another slight chest trauma. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted. The pathophysiological background of tachycardias after a blunt chest trauma and its management are discussed.
authors.forename: Beat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schaer
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osswald
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sticherling
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tartini
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfisterer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006688:Hockey / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology