TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Blunt chest trauma causing a displaced sternal fracture and ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a case report
JO  - Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine
A1  - Nasser, Keaton
A1  - Matsuura, Jaclyn
A1  - Diep, Jimmy
SP  - 85
EP  - 88
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2474-252X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.12.49875
ID  - ref1
ER  -