Blunt-chest-trauma-induced acute myocardial infarction

Blunt chest trauma (BCT) is one of the rarest causes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This paper reports the case of a young married man who suffered from AMI due to BCT sustained in a fight with his wife. The histopathology examination revealed a rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with superimp...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Senthil, Bansal, Yogender Singh, Mehta, Nikhil, Nada, Ritambhra, Girdhar, Pulkit, Vishwajeet, Vikarn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2021
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Autopsy Case Report and Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249785
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.263
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author Kumar, Senthil
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Nada, Ritambhra
Girdhar, Pulkit
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description Blunt chest trauma (BCT) is one of the rarest causes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This paper reports the case of a young married man who suffered from AMI due to BCT sustained in a fight with his wife. The histopathology examination revealed a rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombus in the proximal left anterior descending artery. This report also reviews previously reported BCT-induced AMI cases in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-82148812021-07-09 Blunt-chest-trauma-induced acute myocardial infarction Kumar, Senthil Bansal, Yogender Singh Mehta, Nikhil Nada, Ritambhra Girdhar, Pulkit Vishwajeet, Vikarn Autops Case Rep Autopsy Case Report and Review Blunt chest trauma (BCT) is one of the rarest causes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This paper reports the case of a young married man who suffered from AMI due to BCT sustained in a fight with his wife. The histopathology examination revealed a rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with superimposed thrombus in the proximal left anterior descending artery. This report also reviews previously reported BCT-induced AMI cases in the literature. Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2021-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8214881/ /pubmed/34249785 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.263 Text en Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 work is properly cited.
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