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A 33-year-old male soccer player developed traumatic coronary artery dissection and inferoposterior ischemia after sustaining a blunt blow to the chest.
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Blunt chest trauma during sports can lead to traumatic coronary artery dissection and acute myocardial ischemia.
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Blunt chest trauma may warrant ischemia evaluation in athletes; this case leaves open standardized diagnostic and therapeutic protocols.
A 33-year-old male soccer player started to experience chest discomfort briefly after taking a blow from an opponent's knee into his chest during a dribbling maneuver on the pitch.He completed the game but then consulted a referring hospital because of waxing and waning chest complaints irradiating to his left arm.The ECG demonstrated ST-T-segment changes compatible with inferoposterior ischemia (Figure 1).Cardiac enzyme markers were elevated.Echocardiography confirmed inferior wall hypokinesis.The patient was loaded with aspirin and clopidogrel.He
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Mieghem et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection (n=1). Blunt chest trauma was evaluated. A 33-year-old male soccer player developed traumatic coronary artery dissection and inferoposterior ischemia after sustaining a blunt blow to the chest.
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