Sealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gottam, Nithin, Salami, Sule, Othman, Mahmoud, Torey, James, Rosman, Howard, Boguszewski, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23509661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/208985
Descripción
Sumario: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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