Cardiac injury. Severe blunt chest trauma leads to cardiac arrest.
Whalen
William
W
Arcadia University, PA, USA. bwhalen1@comcast.net
Holena
Daniel
D
Pryor
John P
JP
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology