title: Sealed with a kick: a case of posttraumatic coronary artery dissection and cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Blunt chest trauma can lead to a variety of cardiac injuries, one of which is nonatherosclerotic myocardial infarction caused by intimal laceration and thrombotic process activation. Here we present a case of anterior myocardial infarction secondary to blunt trauma involving a kick to the chest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, 22101 Moross Road, Detroit, MI 48236, USA.
authors.forename: Nithin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gottam
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salami
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Othman
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torey
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rosman
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boguszewski