Coronary artery occlusion and myocardial infarction - A seldom encounteredcomplication of blunt chest trauma

Myocardial infarction is a rare complication that can occur after blunt che st trauma. The authors describe a 30-year-old man who experienced a fatal a nterolateral myocardial infarction after chest trauma in a motorcycle accid ent, The electrocardiogram and creatine phosphokinase-MB isoenzymes levels suggested myocardial necrosis. Tc-99m phosphate myocardial scintigraphy ide ntified an extensive doughnut-shaped uptake over the cardiac area, An echoc ardiogram revealed severe left ventricular impairment, Coronary angiography confirmed complete occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending coro nary artery.