کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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102692 | 161337 | 2009 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Sudden vaginal bleeding and a cardiac arrest occurred in a 18-year-old female during consensual intercourse. Resuscitation procedures, applied at the arrival of a medical emergency team, restored the cardiac function allowing admission to hospital, where two vaginal mucosal lacerations were diagnosed and sutured. Cardiological investigations diagnosed a left ventricle myocardial infarction and a patent foramen ovale while a brain CT scan showed ischemic signs and intravascular air images. Death occurred after 48 h, due to heart failure, cerebral anoxia and multiorgan failure. Autopsy confirmed a patent foramen ovale considered as responsible for a paradoxical air embolism. Judicial Authority evaluated the fatal paradoxical air embolism as a consequence of an unpredictable accident occurred during consensual intercourse without sexual violence.
Journal: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - Volume 16, Issue 8, November 2009, Pages 482–485