Unique Case of Coronary Artery Rupture and Acute Myocardial Infarction Triggered by a Karate Punch: Evaluation of the Hit Site by CT Imaging

HomeCirculation: Cardiovascular ImagingVol. 17, No. 3Unique Case of Coronary Artery Rupture and Acute Myocardial Infarction Triggered by a Karate Punch: Evaluation of the Hit Site by CT Imaging No AccessCase ReportRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissionsDownload Articles + Supplements ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toSupplemental MaterialNo AccessCase ReportRequest AccessFull TextUnique Case of Coronary Artery Rupture and Acute Myocardial Infarction Triggered by a Karate Punch: Evaluation of the Hit Site by CT Imaging Yosuke Kirii, Tairo Kurita, Kae Morita, Yosuke Kasai, Kohei Unno, Akihiro Takasaki, Masaki Ishiyama, Mitsuyasu Terashima, Yoshiharu Emi and Kaoru Dohi Yosuke KiriiYosuke Kirii Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). , Tairo KuritaTairo Kurita Correspondence to: Tairo Kurita, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. Email E-mail Address: [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-6512 Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). , Kae MoritaKae Morita Department of Cardiology, Ise Municipal General Hospital, Ise, Japan (K.M., K.U., Y.E.). , Yosuke KasaiYosuke Kasai Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). , Kohei UnnoKohei Unno https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9644-7467 Department of Cardiology, Ise Municipal General Hospital, Ise, Japan (K.M., K.U., Y.E.). , Akihiro TakasakiAkihiro Takasaki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0641-6464 Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). , Masaki IshiyamaMasaki Ishiyama https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-8982 Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). , Mitsuyasu TerashimaMitsuyasu Terashima Department of Cardiology, Toyohashi heart center, Toyohashi, Japan (M.T.). , Yoshiharu EmiYoshiharu Emi Department of Cardiology, Ise Municipal General Hospital, Ise, Japan (K.M., K.U., Y.E.). and Kaoru DohiKaoru Dohi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-6326 Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan (Y. Kirii, T.K., Y. Kasai, A.T., M.I., K.D.). Originally published4 Mar 2024https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016343Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024;17FootnotesFor Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 251.Supplemental Material is available at https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/suppl/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016343.Correspondence to: Tairo Kurita, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. Email k_siho_yuu@hotmail.comREFERENCES1. Yousef R, Carr JA. Blunt cardiac trauma: a review of the current knowledge and management.Ann Thorac Surg. 2014; 98:1134–1140. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.043CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Seven E, Henningsen K, Abildgaard U. Coronary artery dissection following blunt chest trauma.Ugeskr Laeger. 2015; 177:V10140572–V10140572.MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Clancy K, Velopulos C, Bilaniuk J, Collier B, Crowley W, Kurek S, Lui F, Nayduch D, Sangosanya A, Tucker B, et al. Screening for blunt cardiac injury: an eastern association for the surgery of trauma practice management guideline.J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012; 73:301–306. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318270193aCrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Inokuchi G, Makino Y, Motomura A, Chiba F, Torimitsu S, Hoshioka Y, Iwase H. Fatal right coronary artery rupture following blunt chest trauma: detection by postmortem selective coronary angiography.Int J Legal Med. 2016; 130:759–763. doi: 10.1007/s00414-015-1215-1CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails March 2024Vol 17, Issue 3 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 2024 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016343PMID: 38436111 Originally publishedMarch 4, 2024 Keywordscoronary vesselsdiagnostic imagingmartial artsrupturetraumaPDF download Advertisement SubjectsComputerized Tomography (CT)ImagingUltrasound