Myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma incurred during rugby football that later required cardiac transplantation.
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- 1 April 1986
- Vol. 55 (4) , 408-410
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.55.4.408
Abstract
A 28 year old man sustained an extensive anterolateral myocardial infarction five minutes after a blow on the chest while playing rugby football. The resulting persistent cardiac failure necessitated orthotopic cardiac transplantation.Keywords
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