New-Onset Exertional Dyspnea in a Young Patient With Previous Blunt Chest Trauma

Pasquale Valerio Falzone; Luca Nai Fovino; Massimo Napodano; Benedetta Giorgi; Monica De Gaspari; Stefania Rizzo; Martina Perazzolo Marra; Manuel De Lazzari

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.672

New-Onset Exertional Dyspnea in a Young Patient With Previous Blunt Chest Trauma

Chest. 2022 May;161(5):e259-e263. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.672.

Authors

Pasquale Valerio Falzone¹, Luca Nai Fovino¹, Massimo Napodano¹, Benedetta Giorgi², Monica De Gaspari¹, Stefania Rizzo¹, Martina Perazzolo Marra¹, Manuel De Lazzari³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Radiology and Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35526894
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.12.672

Abstract

A 16-year-old male patient was admitted to our Cardiology Department for new-onset exertional dyspnea (NYHA functional class II-III). He had no family history of cardiovascular diseases, no cardiovascular risk factors, and an unremarkable medical history, except for a blunt chest trauma after a motorbike accident 2 years earlier.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology
Humans
Male
Thoracic Injuries* / complications
Thoracic Injuries* / diagnosis
Wounds, Nonpenetrating* / complications
Wounds, Nonpenetrating* / diagnosis