title: [Experimental simulation of blunt cardiac trauma].
abstract: This paper was designed to analyse the main experimental models of blunt cardiac trauma proposed during a period of more than 100 years beginning from the study of the Italian scientist Felice Meola dated to the 1870s till the present time. The analysis demonstrated that even a mild injury to the anterior chest wall in the projection of the heart may cause serious changes in hemodynamics and ECG characteristics. It was shown that various methods employed to simulate blunt cardiac trauma place potential constraints related to the design of experiments.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Tumanov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*