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A Blunt Chest Trauma Causing Left Anterior Descending Artery Dissection and Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Deferred Angioplasty

Traumatic coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We report a case of blunt chest trauma resulting from a motorcycle collision causing ostial dissection of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery in a 31-year-old previously healthy male. The patient al...

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Autores principales: Al-Aqeedi, Rafid Fayadh, Ali, Waleed Muhsin, Al-Ani, Fuad, Abdulrahman, Yassir S., Alnabti, Abdulrahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121464
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.86018