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Fatal left cardiac failure caused by external compression of left internal mammary artery graft in an accident: a case report
We report for the first time a case of a 54 years old man with a fatal motorcycle accident due to an external bleeding compression of left internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery. The possibility of cardiac failure in trauma caused by external compression or traumatic in...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cases Network Ltd
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8067 |
| Sumario: | We report for the first time a case of a 54 years old man with a fatal motorcycle accident due to an external bleeding compression of left internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery. The possibility of cardiac failure in trauma caused by external compression or traumatic injury of the graft should be considered in people who previously underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery. |
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