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- Title
A Blunt Chest Trauma Causing Left Anterior Descending Artery Dissection and Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Deferred Angioplasty.
- Authors
Al-Aqeedi, Rafid Fayadh; Ali, Waleed Muhsin; Al-Ani, Fuad; Abdulrahman, Yassir S.; Alnabti, Abdulrahman
- Abstract
Traumatic coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We report a case of blunt chest trauma resulting from a motorcycle collision causing ostial dissection of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery in a 31-year-old previously healthy male. The patient also suffered from compound comminuted fractures of the humerus and ulna and severe liver laceration, which hampered both percutaneous and surgical acute revasularization. After a stormy hospital course, a bare metal stent was implanted to seal the LAD artery dissection. The patient was discharged in a stable condition and was followed-up for rehabilitation. This case report underscores the multidisciplinary approach in facing challenges encountered after rare sequelae of chest trauma.
- Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction; BLUNT trauma; ANGIOPLASTY; MOTORCYCLING accidents
- Publication
Heart Views, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 2, p71
- ISSN
1995-705X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/1995-705X.86018