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Myocardial Infarction Due to Coronary Artery Injury following High Force Blunt Trauma to the Upper Chest: A Case Illustrating the Prehospital, Hospital and Autopsy Findings

Sophie A. Stanley
, BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons),
Matthew Woods
, MBChB (Hons), FRCA, FFICM, EDIC, DipIMC (RCS Ed), Nurse (Adult), Dip HE &
Guy N. RuttyCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-2384
, MBE, MD, MBBS, FRCPath, DipRCPath(Forensic), FCSFS, FFFLM, AFHEA, DipIMCORCID Icon
Pages 580-589 | Received 28 Apr 2019, Accepted 10 Oct 2019, Published online: 13 Nov 2019

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