Hemopericardium-related fatalities: A 10-year medicolegal autopsy experience

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dc.authoridAltun, Gurcan/0000-0002-5505-831X
dc.authoridAltun, Armagan/0000-0002-3233-8263
dc.authorwosidAltun, Gurcan/S-6211-2016
dc.authorwosidAltun, Armagan/ABB-5844-2020
dc.contributor.authorAltun, G
dc.contributor.authorAltun, A
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, A
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:55:44Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:55:44Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Patients with blunt or penetrating cardiac injury usually present with cardiac tamponade and hemorrhagic shock upon hospital arrival. Many victims die before they reach hospital. In this study, we present a detailed analysis of hemopericardium-related fatalities. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medicolegal autopsy records of hemopericardium-related fatalities that occurred from 1994 to 2003. The parameters investigated were demographic characteristics, hospitalization before death, the cause of death, the manner of death, the mechanism of death, the location of the entrance wound, the number of wounds reaching the target and the site of target perforation. Results: Seven women (mean age: 45 +/- 23 years) and 33 men (mean age: 34 +/- 12 years) were included in the study. Only 5 patients (12.5%) with cardiac activity reached the hospital. Twenty individuals (50%) were victims of stabbings, which was the most common cause of death. The most commonly encountered manner of death was homicide (79%). Thirty-one (77.5%) victims died of hemorrhagic shock and 9 (22.5%) of cardiac tamponade. Entrance wounds were frequently located on the left chest (n = 26). The perforated cardiac chambers were the left atrium (n = 1), the left ventricle (n = 12), the right atrium (n = 2) and the right ventricle (n = 15). One victim had coronary artery perforation. Nine victims had perforations on the intrapericardial part of the aorta. Conclusions: In our series, the hemopericardium-related deaths occurred predominantly in men. Stabbing was the most common cause of death. Entrance wounds were most commonly located on the left chest, and perforated sites were ventricles. Death at the scene was also frequent, and the mechanism of death was hemorrhagic shock. Copyright (c) 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1159/000087633
dc.identifier.endpage137en_US
dc.identifier.issn0008-6312
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid16118491en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-24744464321en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage133en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1159/000087633
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19535
dc.identifier.volume104en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000231910900004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKargeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofCardiologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCardiac Tamponadeen_US
dc.subjectEntrance Wounden_US
dc.subjectHemopericardiumen_US
dc.subjectRoad Accidentsen_US
dc.subjectStabbingen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectRuptureen_US
dc.subjectTraumaen_US
dc.subjectBlunten_US
dc.subjectHearten_US
dc.titleHemopericardium-related fatalities: A 10-year medicolegal autopsy experienceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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