Fatal Cardiac Tamponade following Road Traffic Accident

作     者：G.N.Pramod Kumar Smitha Rani Shankar M.Bakkannavar 

作者机构：Department of Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyKarwar Institute of Medical SciencesKarwar Department of Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyJSS Medical CollegeJSS Academy of Higher Education and ResearchMysore Department of Forensic Medicine and ToxicologyKasturba Medical CollegeManipal Academy of Higher EducationManipalKarnatakaIndia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine》 (法庭科学与法医学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第9卷第1期

页      面：88-90页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Blunt chest trauma cardiac rupture seat belt traumatic cardiac tamponade 

摘      要：Cardiac tamponade following blunt trauma results from cardiac rupture,leading to death even before the patient can receive medical *** such cases,the collected fluid(blood)in the pericardium inhibits the diastolic filling compressing the myocardium resulting in obstructive *** are reporting the case report of a 30-year-old male who was brought dead to the hospital with a history of road traffic *** investigating officer informed that the deceased driver was not wearing a seat *** findings showed fresh blood clots of 600 g in the pericardial sac with rupture of the left ventricular wall of the *** were contusions on the anterior aspect of the vertebrae corresponding to the heart *** it is impossible to prevent all the cases of cardiac tamponade,we can avoid the ones resulting from *** case intends to stress the importance of wearing a seat belt while driving a car to prevent fatal injuries.