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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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