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Title: Total right coronary artery obstruction related to penetrated injuries of the thorax caused by gunshot
Author(s): A. Bayir , A. Soylu , H. Kara
Journal: Acta Cardiologica
Volume: 62    Issue: 5   Date: 2007   
Pages: 529-531
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.5.2023421

Abstract :
A 51-year-old male patient with penetrating injury to the thorax caused by gunshot was admitted to the emergency room. He suffered from typical chest pain and ECG showed acute inferior myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography of the patient revealed missile embolization in the right coronary artery and total occlusion related to thrombus.The patient was treated conservatively and discharged from the hospital on the 17th day of treatment.