Cardiac lesions secondary to blunt chest trauma vary from insignificant arrhythmias to fatal cardiac rupture. Of these, a distinction remains difficult; face to ST-segment elevation on ECG with positive cardiac biomarkers, is it a myocardial contusion or a genuine myocardial infarction (MI) secondary to coronary lesions? We report the case of a patient admitted for multiple trauma. Initial assessment showed an ST segment elevation on ECG, along with multiple fractures and abdominal injuries. We would like to discuss, through this case, the similarities and the differences between myocardial infarction due to coronary lesions and myocardial contusion in a traumatic context, but also emphasize the difficulty of striking the right balance between thrombotic and bleeding risks in this situation, and insist on the importance of a multidisciplinary and collegial reflexion so we can offer these patients the best care there is.

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Gastropericardial fistula is an abnormal communication between the stomach and the pericardium. It is a rare, lifethreatening condition that has numerous etiologies. We report the case of a 53-year-old male patient, with a history of wedge resection for gastrointestinal stromal tumor, who presented to the emergency department for epigastric and chest pain along with lethargy leading to the uncommon diagnosis of gastropericardial fistula with pneumopericardium. Through this case, we would like to draw clinicians' attention to gastropericardial fistula as a differential diagnosis in patients presenting for epigastric and/or chest pain with a history of esophagogastric surgery, emphasizing on the key role of computed tomography in this regard, and underscore the management basics of this unusual condition.

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