Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2012)

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

  • Nithin Gottam,
  • Sule Salami,
  • Mahmoud Othman,
  • James Torey,
  • Howard Rosman,
  • Andrzej Boguszewski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/208985
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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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.