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Cardiac Rupture Following Blunt Trauma
Durak, D
Associate professor of Forensic Medicine, Uluda University Medical Faculty,

(Received 21 December 1999; accepted 13 March 2000)

Abstract

A case of cardiac rupture following blunt trauma with no additional injuries is described. This can be a difficult diagnosis because of the presence of additional injuries and the lack of clinical symptoms. Here, there was a rupture of the pericardium, all chambers of the heart and the thoracic aorta.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic pathology, death, autopsy, blunt trauma, cardiac rupture

Paper ID: JFS14931J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14931J
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