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Traumatic Dissection of the Left Circumflex Artery After a Fall From Height

Intensive Care Unit, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece, gbdounis{at}otenet.gr

Elias I. Rentoukas, MD

Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece

Christina G. Mandila, MD

Intensive Care Unit, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece

John G. Papanikolaou, MD

Intensive Care Unit, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece

Evangelos P. Matsakas, MD

Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece

Andreas P. Karabinis, MD, PhD

Intensive Care Unit, Athens General Hospital "G. GENNIMATAS," Athens, Greece

The authors present the case of a healthy 40-year-old man who developed a myocardial infarction because of traumatic dissection of the left circumflex coronary artery following a fall from height. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a traumatic lesion of the left circumflex artery is being reported after a fall.

Key Words: fall • cardiac trauma • myocardial infarction • dissection • circumflex artery

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Angiology, Vol. 59, No. 6, 772-775 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707306449


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