Myocardial infarction caused by coronary artery damage from blunt chest injury.
A case is reported in which blunt chest injury caused an intimal tear in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Despite few external signs of injury the patient sustained a myocardial infarction resulting in life threatening arrhythmias and considerable left ventricular dysfunction.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*