Citation

Mairesse GH, Timmermans P. Acta Clin. Belg. 1993; 48(2): 128-131.

Affiliation

Centre Hospitalier de la Basse Sambre, Service de Médecine Interne, Sambreville, Belgique.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Maney Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8392246

Abstract

We report the history of a young man who developed an acute anterolateral myocardial infarction secondary to blunt chest trauma in an automobile accident. Arteriography demonstrated that the patient had sustained a left anterior descending artery tear and a coronary-ventricular fistula from the first septal branch. Different pathogenetic mechanisms with their specific complications and diagnostic features are discussed.

Language: en