@article{ref1,
title="Blunt chest trauma causing a displaced sternal fracture and ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a case report",
journal="Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine",
year="2021",
author="Nasser, Keaton and Matsuura, Jaclyn and Diep, Jimmy",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="85-88",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Blunt chest trauma and motor vehicle collisions are common presentations to the emergency department (ED). Chest pain in a trauma patient can usually and reasonably be attributed to chest wall injury, leading to a potential delay in diagnosis and treatment. CASE REPORT: In this case report, we present a 52-year-old male who was brought to the ED with complaints of chest pain and pressure after a motor vehicle collision. He was subsequently found to have both a displaced sternal fracture and simultaneous acute myocardial infarction with 100% occlusion of the mid left anterior descending artery without dissection requiring stent placement. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Chest pain after blunt cardiac trauma is a common complaint. While rare, acute myocardial infarction must be considered. Most injuries result as direct trauma to the artery causing either dissection or acute thrombosis resulting in a myocardial infarction as opposed to acute plaque rupture with thrombosis, as seen in this case.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2474-252X",
doi="10.5811/cpcem.2020.12.49875",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.12.49875"
}