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commotio cordis: a standalone construct

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Cardiology

sudden cardiac arrest triggered by a nonpenetrating blow to the chest, without structural heart damage, typically during sports.

In cardiology, commotio cordis refers to sudden cardiac arrest triggered by a nonpenetrating blow to the chest, without structural heart damage, typically during sports. This meaning comes from Maron (1995) in New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

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References

Maron, B. J., Poliac, L. C., Kaplan, J. A., & Mueller, F. O. (1995). Blunt Impact to the Chest Leading to Sudden Death from Cardiac Arrest during Sports Activities. New England Journal of Medicine, 333(6), 337-342. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199508103330602

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