Acute myocardial infarction caused by blunt chest trauma: Successful treatment by direct coronary angioplasty

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1275-1277

  Marcum, James L ^a   Booth, David C ^a   Sapin, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA;

EID: 0030462969     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90475-5     Document Type: Article

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