Right coronary artery occlusion caused by blunt trauma.
We describe the diagnostic and management dilemmas faced in the case of a thirty-year-old woman without a prior cardiac history, who after a motor vehicle accident, was found to have persistent EKG changes in the inferior leads consistent with an acute injury pattern. The patient was ultimately thought to have trauma and subsequent occlusion of the right coronary artery.
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9 Founders, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, USA.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000925:Anticoagulants