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Case Reports
. 1999 Feb;24(2):94-6.
doi: 10.1097/00003072-199902000-00003.

Coronary artery occlusion and myocardial infarction: a seldom encountered complication of blunt chest trauma

I Banzo  1 , A Montero, I Uriarte, N Vallina, A Hernández, C Guede, R Quirce, J M Carril
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Coronary artery occlusion and myocardial infarction: a seldom encountered complication of blunt chest trauma

I Banzo et al. Clin Nucl Med. 1999 Feb.

Abstract

Myocardial infarction is a rare complication that can occur after blunt chest trauma. The authors describe a 30-year-old man who experienced a fatal anterolateral myocardial infarction after chest trauma in a motorcycle accident. The electrocardiogram and creatine phosphokinase-MB isoenzymes levels suggested myocardial necrosis. Tc-99m phosphate myocardial scintigraphy identified an extensive doughnut-shaped uptake over the cardiac area. An echocardiogram revealed severe left ventricular impairment. Coronary angiography confirmed complete occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.

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