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Heart injury is an injury to the heart that causes some sort of altered function.

Causes
A common cause are motor vehicle accidents as the sudden deceleration of the vehicle causes compression of the anterior chest. This form blunt trauma can cause cardiac contusions, valvular ruptures, or cardiac rupture.

Characteristics
Different forms of heart injury present in different ways which makes it difficult to have definitive signs and symptoms associated. A common indication of heart injury is cardiopulmonary arrest. Common signs include dysrhythmia, generalized chest pain, tachycardia, and premature ventricular contraction.