Electrocardiographic Changes Following External Chest Injury to Dogs

Article1 December 1937ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES FOLLOWING EXTERNAL CHEST INJURY TO DOGSR. W. KISSANE, M.D., F.A.C.P., R. S. FIDLER, B.A., M.D., R. A. KOONS, B.A., M.D.R. W. KISSANE, M.D., F.A.C.P., R. S. FIDLER, B.A., M.D., R. A. KOONS, B.A., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-6-907 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMedical literature contains considerable evidence, obtained by autopsy, that non-penetrating wounds to the chest can produce severe traumatic lesions in the pericardium, heart and great vessels, but it is not generally accepted that less severe trauma can cause mild changes in the heart which have a tendency to recover.Beck1described experiments on dogs where the heart was exposed and contused. The resultant myocardial injuries produced electrocardiographic changes similar to those obtained in coronary artery occlusion, affecting chiefly the Q- and T-wave and having a tendency to return to normal. Randles, Gorham and Dresbach2described alternation in the RS-T component...Bibliography1. BECK CS: Contusions of the heart, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, civ, 109. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RANDLESGORHAMDRESBACH FSLWM: Changes in the RS-T component of the electrocardiogram produced by experimental rupture of the auricle of the dog's heart and by pericardial injection, Am. Heart Jr., 1934, ix, 333. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: R. W. KISSANE, M.D., F.A.C.P.; R. S. FIDLER, B.A., M.D.; R. A. KOONS, B.A., M.D.Affiliations: Columbus, Ohio*Presented at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 23, 1937.From the Cardiological and Pathological Departments of White Cross Hospital and the Medical College of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTransient right bundle branch block: A rare manifestation in cardiac contusionRupture in a mitral papillary muscle following blunt chest traumaMorphological findings of 'cardiac concussion' due to experimental blunt impact to the precordial regionThird degree atrioventricular block following non-penetrating chest trauma in a dogA Case of Post-Traumatic Coronary OcclusionFatal traumatic heart block as a result of apparently minor traumaTraumatic combined valve lesions with aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva causing late onset of heart failure.Traumatic heart block and tachyarrhythmia induced by right ventricular impactCardiac damage after blunt chest trauma, diagnosed using CK-MB enzyme and electrocardiogramLaceration of a mitral papillary muscle and the aortic root as a result of blunt trauma to the chestDelayed acute myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma in a young womanVentricular septal defect following blunt chest traumaStumpftraumatische Schäden des Herzens und der großen herznahen GefäßeSpectral analysis of the high-frequency electrocardiogram in contusive myocardial injuryCardiac traumaMitral incompetence and ventricular septal defects following non-penetrating injury.Effects of alcohol on cardiovascular performance after experimental nonpenetrating chest traumaNonpenetrating cardiac injuries: A collective reviewLeft Anterior Hemiblock as a Result of Nonpenetrating Cardiac TraumaCardiovascular Statue of FemaleTransmural myocardial necrosis after nonpenetrating cardiac traumaAutomotive Cardio-Thoracic Injuries: A Medical-Engineering AnalysisAtrioventricular and intraventricular conduction defects after nonpenetrating traumaTraumatic nonpenetrating ventricular septal defect: Recovery under conservative managementBlunt Cardiac Trauma: A Pathophysiological StudyConstrictive pericarditis after blunt chest traumaMITRAL VALVE DISEASE FROM BLUNT TRAUMATraumatic pericarditisCARDIAC INJURY DUE TO NONPENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA*JAMES H. WATSON, M.D., WARREN M. BARTHOLOMAE, M.D.Nonpenetrating Traumatic Injury of the HeartMyocardial contusionHerzveränderungen infolge nichtpenetrierender TraumenHerzveränderungen infolge nichtpenetrierender TraumenUnsuspected Trauma to the Heart during Intrathoracic SurgeryTraumatic injury of the heartELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES DUE TO TRAUMAAn electrocardiographic study of the effects of boxingContusion of the heart 1 December 1937Volume 11, Issue 6Page: 907-935KeywordsAutopsyCoronary arteriesElectrocardiographyHeartLesionsPericardiumThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...