title: Acute anterior myocardial infarction following a mild nonpenetrating chest trauma--a case report.
abstract: Myocardial infarction in patients under age 45 years is a relatively unusual phenomenon; blunt chest trauma is one of the nonatherosclerotic mechanisms leading to acute myocardial infarction in young adults. The authors report a rare case of anterior myocardial infarction in a 22-year-old man following a mild nonpenetrating chest trauma whose left chest was elbowed during a soccer game.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. enveratalar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Atalar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Açil
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aytemir
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ovünç
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksöyek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*