title: Commotio cordis and ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: A case of an eight-year-old boy who experienced commotio cordis with the development of myocardial infarction and a ventricular pseudoaneurysm is described. Progressive enlargement of the aneurysm resulted in distortion and compression of the overlying coronary arteries, causing myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: IWK Children's Heart Centre, Halifax, Canada. scott.fox@mater.org.au
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hancock-Friesen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen