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Conservative medical therapy alone achieves early recanalization of traumatic coronary artery dissection in one patient.
Conservative medical therapy alone may lead to early recanalization in traumatic coronary artery dissection.
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May support conservative management in select traumatic coronary cases; Level 5 evidence leaves broader recommendations open.
We describe a patient who presents with chest discomfort 30 h after having an accident with an all-terrain vehicle. His follow-up coronary computed tomography angiogram revealed early recanalization of his coronary artery with conservative medical therapy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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Rojas et al. (2020) studied this question. Conservative medical therapy alone resulted in early recanalization of a traumatic coronary artery dissection in a patient following an all-terrain vehicle accident.
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