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Coronary artery dissection: a fatal complication following blunt chest trauma

Authors: Martin Dobiáš, Petr Hejna, Abdul Al Mawiri

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2013

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A 21-year-old male driver of a Suzuki motorcycle going at low speed (speed upon impact 40 km/h) grazed the wire fencing of a house tangentially. He then went off the road, hit a small tree, drove into a stream bed, and ended up lying on its bank. …

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Title: Coronary artery dissection: a fatal complication following blunt chest trauma
Authors: Martin Dobiáš
Petr Hejna
Abdul Al Mawiri
Publication date: 01-09-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-013-9442-6

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