A Case of Coronary Artery Dissection After Blunt Chest Trauma Presented as Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Author:
Yee Gyung KWAK
1
;
Ju Hee LEE
;
Bo Hyoung PARK
;
Jeong Kee SEO
;
Dea Hyeol KIM
;
Kee Hoon LEE
;
Jun KWAN
;
Keum Soo PARK
;
Woo Hyung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary artery dissection;
Blunt chest trauma;
Acute myocardial infarction;
Intravascular ultrasound
- MeSH:
Accidents, Traffic;
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Vessels*;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Stents;
Thorax*;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Echocardiography
2001;9(1):45-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Coronary artery dissection after blunt chest trauma is very rare conditon, and this can result in a serious acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 54-year old male who was presented with an anterior myocardial infarction after traffic accident, with steering wheel injury. His coronary angiography revealed a discrete eccentric 85% stenosis of proximal left anterior descending coronary artery with dissection and intravascular ultrasound showed a dissecting flap from the distal left main coronary artery to proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. He was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stent.
