Abstract
A case of nonpenetrating wound of the heart muscle with rupture of a papillary muscle and contusion of the left ventricular wall from external violence is reported. Death resulted twenty-six hours after the injury, from loss of blood, shock, and an overwhelming pneumonic infection following the removal of a ruptured spleen. There were no significant clinical findings suggesting cardiac trauma.
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