Left main dissection complicating blunt chest trauma: case report and review of literature.
Cardiovasc Revasc Med
; 15(6-7): 354-6, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-24857266
ABSTRACT
Coronary artery injury after blunt chest trauma is rare, but can be life-threatening, resulting in severe myocardial ischaemia and acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 56-year-old male who presented a few days after a blunt chest trauma with crescendo unstable angina. Coronary angiography demonstrated left main coronary artery dissection that was fixed with stent implantation. After a blunt chest trauma symptoms and electrocardiographic findings of a coronary dissection can be nonspecific and confounded by the chest tenderness. In such cases careful evaluation to rule out traumatic coronary injuries is warranted and early intervention should not be delayed in the presence of clear evidence of myocardial ischemia.
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Ferimentos não Penetrantes
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Vasos Coronários
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Traumatismos Cardíacos
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article