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commotio cordis
(redirected from Cardiac contusion)

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commotio cordis,
damage to the heart, frequently fatal, resulting from a sharp nonpenetrating blow to the adjacent body surface.


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While admittedly going too fast on an "S" curve, Barron lost control of her 1988 Honda Civic, rolled five times, according to police, and suffered numerous injuries: four rib fractures, four lumbar fractures, left hip and shoulder fractures, pulmonary and cardiac contusions and, the topper, a traumatic head injury.
 
 
 
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