title: Traumatic thrombosis of the left main coronary artery and myocardial infarction caused by blunt chest trauma.
abstract: We report the case of a 38-year-old man who, after a blunt chest trauma, developed an acute transmural myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography revealed a thrombus in the left main artery, occlusion of the distal left anterior descending artery, and a diagonal branch caused by emboli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unterberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buchwald
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wiegand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*