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.

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Main Authors: Nithin Gottam, Sule Salami, Mahmoud Othman, James Torey, Howard Rosman, Andrzej Boguszewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/208985
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Sealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
title Sealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy
title_full Sealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy
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title_short Sealed with a Kick: A Case of Posttraumatic Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiomyopathy
title_sort sealed with a kick a case of posttraumatic coronary artery dissection and cardiomyopathy
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