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Unusual motor ability in gunshot injury of the heart caused by a shotgun |
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| Authors: | J Missliwetz |
| Institution: | Institut für gerichtliche Medizin, Universit?t Wien. |
| Abstract: | In a case of shotgun-injury of the heart with complete rupture of both ventricles and lesion of the aorta the victim was able to move a few metres in approximately six seconds. Despite other opinions ability to move or act can be maintained in cases of severest injuries of the heart caused by missiles with high energy. |
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