Coronary artery occlusion following blunt chest trauma: A case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-123

  Guldner, Gregory T ^a   Schilling, Thomas D ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary artery; Myocardial infarction; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 28044457661     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500013087     Document Type: Review

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