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Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection with Secondary Acute Myocardial Infarction after Blunt Thoracic Trauma Cover

Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection with Secondary Acute Myocardial Infarction after Blunt Thoracic Trauma

Open Access
|Jan 2018

Abstract

We report the case of a 41-year-old male with traumatic coronary artery dissection after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. Computed tomography imaging revealed multiple intracranial subdural and subarachnoid bleedings, a skull base fracture and multiple bilateral rib fractures. There was no pericardial hemorrhage, haemothorax or pneumothorax. No intra-abdominal lesions were found. A 12-lead electrocardiogram on arrival showed an acute myocardial infarction. Emergency angiography showed complete dissection of the right coronary artery without reflow after placement of 6 coronary stents. The patient passed away the day after. In retrospective, the right coronary dissection was visible on the trauma CT-scan.

Language: English
Published on: Jan 4, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Gert-Jan Allemeersch, Caroline Muylaert, Koenraad Nieboer, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.