Myocardial Ischemia with Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
Penetrating trauma is a rare cause of myocardial infarction. Our report describes a 47- year-old female who presented with a gunshot wound from a shotgun and had an ST-elevation myocardial infarction. The patient received emergent coronary angiography, which demonstrated no evidence of coronary athe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2011-05-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8bn2n687 |