Open AccessSealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Nithin Gottam,
Sule Salami,
Mahmoud Othman,
James Torey,
Howard Rosman,
Andrzej Boguszewski
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in vascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6986
pISSN - 2090-6994
DOI - 10.1155/2012/208985
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , myocardial infarction , cardiology , dissection (medical) , cardiomyopathy , artery , blunt trauma , artery dissection , surgery , heart failure , coronary angiography
Blunt chest trauma can lead to a variety of cardiac injuries, one of which is nonatherosclerotic myocardial infarction caused by intimal laceration and thrombotic process activation. Here we present a case of anterior myocardial infarction secondary to blunt trauma involving a kick to the chest.
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