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Wed Apr 9 17:57:41 BST 2008

Dr. John Ferarra at Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix Arizona had a similar case to this recently. You may wish to contact him.

MRM 

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Richey
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:18 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: Coronary artery rupture due to blunt chest trauma

Has anyone here seen a rupture of a coronary artery due to blunt chest trauma?  I've encountered two instances of this in the cases I am looking into for my research project.  The only reference to this I could find in the literature was a motorcycle accident where the patient had been on anticoagulants.  I am curious as to how odd of an injury this actually is as I had never heard of it occurring previously.

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Stephen L. Richey, CRT
Aviation Injury Research Project Leader
Saginaw Valley State University
Phone: 248-366-4452
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