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A member asked:
I dropped the edge of my ipad directly over my heart while holding it laying down. could this be dangerous? cause bruised heart etc? i'm a bit worried
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Unlikely: Your heart should be fine from that type of trauma unless you have some sort of chest deformity where your ribs are not in front of your heart.
Answered 1/28/2016
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