Key result
Commotio cordis is a highly fatal cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes, with an overall survival rate of approximately 15% that improves to 25% if resuscitation occurs within 3 minutes.
Design
Review
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Prioritizes immediate defibrillation access in youth sports; leaves open need for prospective prevention trials.
Commotio cordis is a rare but fatal cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes resulting from blunt chest trauma during a vulnerable window of the cardiac cycle.
Robert Gajda (2019) conducted a review in Commotio cordis. Blunt nonpenetrating chest trauma was evaluated on Survival rate. Commotio cordis is a highly fatal cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes, with an overall survival rate of approximately 15% that improves to 25% if resuscitation occurs within 3 minutes.
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