Spontaneous rupture of three different chambers of heart found during autopsy, a case series

Authors

  • Raktim Pratim Tamuli Demonstrator, department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam, India – 781032

Keywords:

Haemopericardium; myocardial infarction; left atrial rupture.

Abstract

Haemopericardium and death following spontaneous rupture of heart are not very uncommon. Various literatures till now have described cases of ventricular and atrial ruptures following either myocardial infarction or blunt trauma chest. This paper describes three different autopsy cases of heart wall rupture with haemopercardium, one each of left ventricular, right ventricular and left atrial ruptures.

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Published

2020-05-28

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 02 (2019): International Journal of Ethics, Trauma and Victimology

Section

Research Article

How to Cite

Spontaneous rupture of three different chambers of heart found during autopsy, a case series. (2020). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS, TRAUMA & VICTIMOLOGY, 5(02), 44-49. https://ijetv.org/index.php/IJETV/article/view/1037