injuries and poisoning
Blunt Injury to the Heart
Diagnosis of Blunt Cardiac Injury
Electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography If people might have a blunt heart injury, an Electrocardiography is usually done to check for abnormal heart rhythms. Sometimes doctors also check the blood for substances (serum markers) released by the damaged heart. Echocardiography and Other Ultrasound Procedures is done, sometimes in the emergency department. Echocardiography may show abnormalities in the way the heart's walls move. It may also show blood or fluid around the heart, or rupture of a heart wall, or damage to a heart valve. 