Commotio cordis is a rare phenomenon that can occur when chest wall trauma during the ascending limb of the T wave results in ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. The term commotio ...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said Tuesday his cardiac arrest on the field Jan. 2 was due to commotio cordis, a rare heart rhythm disturbance caused by a blow to the chest ― but anti-vaxxers ...

There is a scramble for a loose ball and player M.V. (white arrow) is struck in the chest by the elbow of an opponent. M.V. stumbles but remains upright for a few seconds just prior to full ...

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was in Little Rock Sunday, April 27, to speak to the Delta Sigma Theta sorority alumnae ...

Traumatic sudden death including commotio cordis occurred infrequently (6%). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) resulted in a survival rate of 85% with the use of an automated external defibrillator ...

Tomaselli, a medical official with the American Heart Association, said after the Hamlin incident that commotio cordis is "a rare cardiac arrest immediately following a blow to the chest" that ...