Postcardiac Injury Syndrome Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Related to Blunt Chest Trauma

Su Nam Lee; Hyun Jin Noh; Sin Seung Kim; Yunju Nam; Ki-Dong Yoo

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.4420

Postcardiac Injury Syndrome Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Related to Blunt Chest Trauma

Intern Med. 2016;55(3):251-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.4420. Epub 2016 Feb 1.

Authors

Su Nam Lee¹, Hyun Jin Noh, Sin Seung Kim, Yunju Nam, Ki-Dong Yoo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea.

PMID: 26831018
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.4420

Abstract

Blunt chest trauma can cause acute myocardial infarction, which may also be associated with pericarditis. However, such cases are rare. We herein report a case of a 57-year-old man suffering from acute myocardial infarction due to a blunt chest trauma and postcardiac injury syndrome after discharge with spontaneous resolution of a total coronary occlusion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Occlusion / complications
Humans
Hypertension / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Thoracic Injuries / complications
Thoracic Injuries / physiopathology*
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating / physiopathology*