Silent ST elevation: unmasking blunt cardiac injury: a case report
Vasudha Dinesh1, Arun A Mohanan2, Swetha Ramesh2
1Department of Emergency Medicine, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru, India.
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Blunt cardiac injury is a rare but serious complication of thoracic trauma. We present the case of a 22-year-old male pedestrian involved in a road traffic accident (pedestrian vs. four‑wheeler) who was found to have ST‑segment elevation on electrocardiography during trauma evaluation. Despite being hemodynamically stable and lacking clinical signs or symptoms of cardiac injury, his electrocardiography showed ST elevations in the inferior leads. This case underscores the importance of vigilant cardiac monitoring in polytrauma patients, in whom blunt cardiac injury may be easily overlooked.
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