TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma JO - BMJ case reports A1 - Shamsi, Fahad A1 - Tai, Javed Majid A1 - Bokhari, Saira SP - e203520 EP - e203520 VL - 2014 IS - N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 1757-790X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-203520 ID - ref1 ER -