Unexpected cause for chest pain: compression of the right coronary artery caused by a protruding sternal wire.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Munich Technical University, Lazarettstrasse, 36, 80636 Munich, Germany. deutsch@dhm.mhn.de.
Marcus-André
MA
Deutsch
Christian
C
Noebauer
Melchior
M
Seyfarth
Domenico
D
Mazzitelli
Albrecht
A
Will
Markus
M
Krane
Robert
R
Bauernschmitt
Rüdiger
R
Lange
D000368:Aged; D001864:Bone Wires / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000295:instrumentation