Citation

Shamsi F, Tai JM, Bokhari S. BMJ Case Rep. 2014; 2014: e203520.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2013-203520

PMID

25246456

Abstract

Blunt thoracic trauma may result in cardiac injuries ranging from simple arrhythmias to fatal cardiac rupture. Coronary artery dissection culminating in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is rare after blunt chest trauma. Here we report a case of a 37-year-old man who had an AMI secondary to coronary dissection resulting from blunt chest trauma after involvement in a physical fight.

Language: en