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Case Reports
. 2015 Apr 20;1(4):249-251.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.03.022. eCollection 2015 Jul.

Recurrent commotio cordis: Déjà vu

Barry J Maron  1 , Mark S Link  2
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Case Reports

Recurrent commotio cordis: Déjà vu

Barry J Maron et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Commotio cordis; Ventricular fibrillation.

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Figure 1
A 12-lead electrogram of the patient after the second episode of chest trauma–induced syncope.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Nonsustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in an experimental model of commotio cordis. In this animal, a lacrosse ball striking a swine at 40 mph during the upslope of the T-wave caused ventricular fibrillation, which terminated after 3 seconds.
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