Chest trauma causing acute myocardial infarction.
We report a case in which blunt chest injury during football match caused an intimal tear in the left anterior descending coronary artery resulting into acute anterior wall myocardial infarction.
Pande
A K
AK
Department of Cardiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hajar
H A
HA
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis