Artikel ; Online: Traumatic left main coronary artery dissection in a young adult following blunt chest trauma – A case report
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 1190-
2022 Band 1193
Abstract: Blunt chest trauma may cause variable degrees of thoracic injuries. Most of the patients may remain asymptomatic after sustaining blunt chest trauma. But in rare instances, life-threatening conditions such as coronary artery dissection may occur. The ... ...
| Abstract | Blunt chest trauma may cause variable degrees of thoracic injuries. Most of the patients may remain asymptomatic after sustaining blunt chest trauma. But in rare instances, life-threatening conditions such as coronary artery dissection may occur. The authors present a 29-year-old male adult with persistent chest pain following blunt trauma with a rise in cardiac troponins and elevated ST segment in ECG. Coronary CT and conventional angiography demonstrated dissection of the left main coronary artery. It is deemed necessary to suspect cardiac injury in patients with a history of blunt chest trauma in appropriate clinical settings. Early recognition of coronary artery dissection is vital to reduce morbidity and mortality. ECG combined with cardiac enzymes can be essential tools helping the physicians raise the suspicion towards a cardiac injury followed by cross-sectional and conventional angiographies for confirmation. |
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| Schlagwörter | Coronary artery dissection ; Blunt chest trauma ; Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ; R895-920 |
| Thema/Rubrik (Code) | 610 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z |
| Verlag | Elsevier |
| Dokumenttyp | Artikel ; Online |
| Datenquelle | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (Lebenswissenschaftliche Auswahl) |
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