Myocardial infarction in patients under age 45 years is a relatively unusual phenomenon; blunt chest trauma is one of the nonatherosclerotic mechanisms leading to acute myocardial infarc tion in young adults. The authors report a rare case of anterior myocardial infarction in a 22-year- old man following a mild nonpenetrating chest trauma whose left chest was elbowed during a soccer game.
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