[Acute posttraumatic myocardial infarct: the necessity of an early interventionist posture]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1992 Apr;45(4):288-92.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We describe five cases of posttraumatic anterior acute myocardial infarction in young patients, without previous heart disease. One case was treated with intracoronary thrombolysis and angioplasty, 3 cases received systemic thrombolysis, and the last one did not have any re-permeabilization therapy, having arrived to the hospital 72 hours after the episode. The coronary angiograms showed at the left anterior descending artery: thrombosis in 3 cases, coronary dissection in one case, and slow flow with no morphological lesions in the other. The case which not received thrombolytic therapy developed a severe left ventricular dysfunction. In conclusion we emphasize an early angiographic study, in order to decide the re-permeabilization therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Athletic Injuries / complications
  • Athletic Injuries / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Soccer / injuries
  • Thoracic Injuries / complications
  • Thoracic Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Time Factors
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnosis*