DIAGNOSIS OF CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION FOLLOWING BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

被引:18
作者
CHERNG, WJ [1 ]
BULLARD, MJ [1 ]
CHANG, HJ [1 ]
LIN, FC [1 ]
机构
[1] CHANG GUNG MEM HOSP,DEPT EMERGENCY,CHILUNG,TAIWAN
关键词
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; INTIMAL FLAP;
D O I
10.1097/00005373-199510000-00032
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
How to differentiate relevant from trivial cardiac injury in blunt chest trauma has been an ongoing debate, In a 32-year-old victim of a motorcycle crash, the electrocardiographic pattern of an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction was identified as being due to a dissection, after an intimal flap in the proximal left anterior descending artery was noted on transesophageal echocardiography.
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页码:772 / 774
页数:3
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