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(Chest. 1974;65:577-579.)
© 1974 American College of Chest Physicians

Rupture of the Right Coronary Artery Due to Nonpenetrating Chest Trauma

Guy Heyndrickx M.D.1; Paul Vremeire M.D.2; Yves Goffin M.D.3; and Piet Van den Bogaert M.D.2

1 Department of Cardiology, University of Ghent, Belgium
2 Medical Intensive Care, University of Ghent, Belgium
3 Legal Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium

We describe a case of traumatic myocardial infarction due to rupture of the right coronary artery. Isolated rupture of a coronary artery is rare and often recognized only at autopsy. Absence of cardiac tamponade due to laceration of the pericardium was partly responsible for the relatively long survival time.




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