Skip Navigation

European Heart Journal 1988 9(12):1361-1362;
Copyright © 1988 by the European Society of Cardiology.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by VAN SCHIL, P.
Right arrow Articles by VRINTS, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by VAN SCHIL, P.
Right arrow Articles by VRINTS, C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1988 The European Society of Cardiology

Subocclusion of the left anterior descending artery following blunt chest trauma

P. VAN SCHIL*,, B.J. AMSEL*, M. VAN DER MAST*, P.J. WALTER* and C. VRINTS{dagger}

*Departments of Cardiac Surgery,University Hospital of Antwerp Antwerp-Edegem, Belgium
{dagger}Cardiology,University Hospital of Antwerp Antwerp-Edegem, Belgium

Received 3 May 1988; .

Correspondence and reprintsP. Van Schil, M.D., Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Wilrijkstr. 10, B-2520 Antwerp-Edegem, Belgium.

Abstract

A 54-year-old man complained of severe angina shortly after a blunt chest trauma and coronary angiography showed an isolated subtotal occlusion of the mid-left anterior descending artery. Bypass grafting was uneventful. Posttraumatic angina or supposed myocardial contusion may be to coronary injury for which a specific treatment can be given to limit the extent of myocardial necrosis.

Key Words: Blunt cardiac trauma, • coronary occlusion, • coronary artery bypass grafting.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.