PMID- 31579468 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2008-5117 (Print) IS - 2008-6830 (Electronic) IS - 2008-5117 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 3 DP - 2019 TI - Delayed diagnosis of myocardial infarction in a young man with a blunt chest trauma. PG - 251-253 LID - 10.15171/jcvtr.2019.42 [doi] AB - A 19 year old man was admitted to emergency department (ED) because of motorcycle to motorcycle accident. In ED he was evaluated as a multiple trauma patient and after overnight observation, was discharged with stable vital signs (VS) next morning. Twenty four hours later, he developed chest pain and dyspnea, and was admitted to ED for the second time. This time he was evaluated as a chest trauma patient and chest X ray and CT scanning were performed. According to cardiology consult, an electrocardiogram was recorded and extensive anterolateral ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was confirmed. Coronary angiography revealed total thrombotic occlusion of left anterior descending artery (LAD) from ostium. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed and LAD stented successfully. After 10 days of ICU admission, he was discharged with an ejection fraction (EF) of 35%. CI - (c) 2019 The Author(s). FAU - Nikparvar, Marzieh AU - Nikparvar M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8680-1276 AD - Cardiovascular Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. FAU - Asghari, Sayed Mohammadbagher AU - Asghari SM AD - Shaheed Mohammadi Educational Hospital, Bandar Abbas, Iran. FAU - Farshidi, Hossein AU - Farshidi H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2144-7798 AD - Cardiovascular Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. LA - eng PT - Case Reports DEP - 20190721 PL - Iran TA - J Cardiovasc Thorac Res JT - Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research JID - 101528712 PMC - PMC6759617 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blunt Chest Trauma OT - Myocardial Infarction OT - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention EDAT- 2019/10/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/04 06:01 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/10/04 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/04 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.15171/jcvtr.2019.42 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2019;11(3):251-253. doi: 10.15171/jcvtr.2019.42. Epub 2019 Jul 21.