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A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma

Myocardial infarction (MI) after blunt chest trauma (BCT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening situation that should be addressed immediately in a patient who presents to the ED. Early management is directly related to favorable outcomes. Here we describe a case of ST-elevation MI after BCT.

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Autores principales: Perez, Oscar, Nair, Raunak M, Kewan, Tariq, Al-Jaghbeer, Mohammed J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431988
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7710
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author Perez, Oscar
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spelling pubmed-72334912020-05-19 A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma Perez, Oscar Nair, Raunak M Kewan, Tariq Al-Jaghbeer, Mohammed J Cureus Cardiology Myocardial infarction (MI) after blunt chest trauma (BCT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening situation that should be addressed immediately in a patient who presents to the ED. Early management is directly related to favorable outcomes. Here we describe a case of ST-elevation MI after BCT. Cureus 2020-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7233491/ /pubmed/32431988 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7710 Text en Copyright © 2020, Perez et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Perez, Oscar
Nair, Raunak M
Kewan, Tariq
Al-Jaghbeer, Mohammed J
A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title_full A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title_fullStr A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title_short A Rare Case of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction After Blunt Chest Trauma
title_sort rare case of st-elevation myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431988
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7710
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