Nonpenetrating traumatic complete heart block and myocardial infarction with normal coronaries: A case report with review of the literature

A case of transient complete heart block and lateral wall myocardial infarction secondary to nonpenetrating chest trauma is presented. Lack of any associated cardiac lesions is an interesting feature of this case report. Proposed criteria for heart block secondary to trauma and difficulty in making the diagnosis of myocardial infarction secondary to trauma due to lack of appropriate “gold standard” are discussed.