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  • Title: Isolated coronary artery rupture after blunt chest trauma.
    Author: Straub A, Beierlein W, Küttner A, Hahn U, Raygrotzki S, Ziemer G.
    Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2003 Apr; 51(2):97-8. PubMed ID: 12730819.
    Abstract:
    After blunt chest trauma, a patient with chronic coronary heart disease sustained an isolated rupture of the right coronary artery. All findings suggested a heart contusion complicated by a non-compromising pericardial effusion and aggravated by anticoagulation with phenprocoumon. After right-ventricular failure occurred, emergency coronary revascularization could not prevent a fatal outcome. This case emphasizes that a coronary artery lesion may be considered in those cases of thoracic trauma with preexisting coronary calcification.
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