Commotio cordis - a review of a rare cause of sudden death in young athletes

• Main Authors: Wojciech Pawęska (Author), Hanna Dominik (Author), Jan Radwański (Author), Zuzanna Czudy (Author), Marika Polatowska (Author), Anna Gadomska (Author), Justyna Kurek (Author), Rafał Gorzyński (Author), Michał Garstka (Author), Justyna Molczyk-Sieńczak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kazimierz Wielki University, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Commotio cordis, from Latin "agitation of the heart" is a potentially fatal sudden disruption and alteration of heart electric activity. It is usually caused by relatively mild blunt non-penetrating trauma to the specific point on anterior part of the chest wall during beginning of the hea...