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| Commotio Cordis, 2014 Pendant/installation Concrete, porslin swan, satin ribbon Photography: Maria Vuorinen |
"Commotio cordis (Latin, "agitation of the heart") is an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the hear (the precordial region), at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest. It is a form of ventricular fibrillation(V.Fib), not mechanical damage to the heart muscle or surrounding organs, and not the result of a heart disease. The fatality rate is about 65%. It can sometimes, but not always, be reserved by defibrillation." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis
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