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. 1987 Apr;57(4):375–376. doi: 10.1136/hrt.57.4.375

Myocardial infarction caused by coronary artery damage from blunt chest injury.

S D Pringle, K G Davidson
PMCID: PMC1277178  PMID: 3580225

Abstract

A case is reported in which blunt chest injury caused an intimal tear in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Despite few external signs of injury the patient sustained a myocardial infarction resulting in life threatening arrhythmias and considerable left ventricular dysfunction.

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