title: Left anterior descending artery occlusion secondary to blunt chest trauma diagnosed by comprehensive echocardiography and coronary angiography.
abstract: Blunt chest trauma can cause serious complications, but coronary artery occlusion is rare. In a 19-year-old man, 40 days after a motorcycle accident, comprehensive echocardiography detected left anterior descending artery occlusion and left ventricular dysfunction, which was confirmed by coronary angiography and ventriculography. Echocardiography was also able to confirm restored left anterior descending artery flow and improved left ventricular function after coronary artery bypass grafting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zhi-an
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jiancheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Michael Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Henein
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult