title: Myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma: usefulness of cardiac ECG-gated CT and MRI for positive and aetiologic diagnosis.
abstract: Myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma has been reported in only few cases, and mechanisms of this complication have rarely been described. We report two cases of coronary artery lesions, one parietal hematoma of right coronary artery and one dissection of the left main coronary artery, which resulted in acute myocardial infarction following a blunt chest trauma. In these two cases, cardiac CT and MRI were useful to noninvasively explore these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bichat APHP, 46 Rue Henri Huchard, Paris, France. gregory.malbranque@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malbranque
authors.forename: Jean Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Serfaty
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Himbert
authors.forename: Philippe Gabriel
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Steg
authors.forename: Jean Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Laissy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis