Multivessel Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection After a Motor Vehicle Accident With Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Multivessel Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection After a Motor Vehicle Accident With Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Coronary artery dissection is a rare complication of blunt chest wall trauma. We report a case of acute left anterior descending and right coronary artery dissections after a motor vehicle accident. The musculoskeletal injuries obscured the cardiac symptoms. Electrocardiogram and bedside echocardiog...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Case reports 2020-12, Vol.2 (15), p.2295-2298
Hauptverfasser: Pandey, Yagya, Owen, Brittany, Birnbaum, Gilad, Tabbaa, Rashed, Hamzeh, Ihab, Lakkis, Nasser, Kayani, Waleed
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Sprache:eng
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acute coronary syndrome
coronary angiography
dissection
Mini-Focus Issue: Chest Wounds
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Zusammenfassung:Coronary artery dissection is a rare complication of blunt chest wall trauma. We report a case of acute left anterior descending and right coronary artery dissections after a motor vehicle accident. The musculoskeletal injuries obscured the cardiac symptoms. Electrocardiogram and bedside echocardiogram revealed cardiac pathology, which prompted urgent coronary angiography and intervention. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.021