Post-traumatic infarction due to blunt chest trauma. Report of two cases.
A myocardial infarction may be caused by a blunt chest trauma. The myocardium may be directly contused or a coronary artery may be occluded. The present paper describes a patient in whom no obstructive lesions of the coronary arteries were found after a posttraumatic infarction and a second patient with a posttraumatic occlusion of the left anterior descendents. The first patient had an abnormal connection between the right coronary artery and the circumflex artery, which is also thought to be posttraumatic.
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*