Diagnosis of coronary artery dissection following blunt chest trauma by transesophageal echocardiography

  • W. J. Cherng*
  • , M. J. Bullard
  • , H. J. Chang
  • , F. C. Lin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

How to differentiate relevant from trivial cardiac injury in blunt chest trauma has been an ongoing debate. In a 32-year-old victim of a motorcycle crash, the electrocardiographic pattern of an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction was identified as being due to a dissection, after an intimal flap in the proximal left anterior descending artery was noted on transesophageal echocardiography.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)772-774
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care
Volume39
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Coronary angiography
  • Intimal flap
  • Myocardial Infarction

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