title: Left main coronary dissection after mild chest trauma. Favorable evolution with fibrinolytic and surgical therapies.
abstract: A 32-year-old woman had acute anterior myocardial infarction after a mild chest trauma (automobile accident). Unstable angina recurred shortly after admission, and extensive dissection of the left coronary artery was demonstrated. Medical therapy including systemic fibrinolysis was started but clinical stabilization and good long-term result was achieved only by aortocoronary bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Hopital de la Citadelle et Hopital de Baviere, C.H.U., Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boland
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Limet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trotteur
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kulbertus
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*