title: Acute myocardial infarction caused by blunt chest trauma: a case report.
abstract: A 56-year-old woman hit by the heavy objects was admitted to the emergency room. ECG changes and increased CK-MB and troponin I suggested acute myocardial infarction. Three weeks later, coronary angiography was performed and revealed a spiral intimal dissection in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. Patient underwent angioplasty and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the left anterior descending artery. She felt good and discharged on 7 days later after procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, 312000 China. Electronic address: ghangyuan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hangyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, 312000 China.
authors.forename: Jufang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, 312000 China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, 312000 China.
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology