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J Korean Soc Echocardiogr. 2001 Jun;9(1):45-48. Korean.
Published online June 30, 2001.  https://doi.org/10.4250/jkse.2001.9.1.45
Copyright © 2001 Korean Society of Echocardiography
A Case of Coronary Artery Dissection After Blunt Chest Trauma Presented as Acute Myocardial Infarction
Yee Gyung Kwak, Ju Hee Lee, Bo Hyoung Park, Jeong Kee Seo, Dea Hyeol Kim, Kee Hoon Lee, Jun Kwan, Keum Soo Park and Woo Hyung Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
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.

Keywords: Coronary artery dissection; Blunt chest trauma; Acute myocardial infarction; Intravascular ultrasound

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