Open AccessNoninvasive assessment of myocardial bridging in the left coronary artery by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
Author(s) -
N. Arat,
Hakan Altay,
Nuri Yıldırım,
Erdoğan İlkay,
İrfan Sabah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1532-2114
pISSN - 1525-2167
DOI - 10.1016/j.euje.2006.02.011
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial bridge , myocardial bridging , doppler echocardiography , coronary angiography , artery , myocardial ischemia , radiology , ischemia , myocardial infarction , diastole , blood pressure
Myocardial bridging is a common congenital coronary abnormality recognized primarily with systolic narrowing or 'milking effect' shown by coronary angiography. We report the case of a 58-year-old man with signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia who underwent transthoracic echocardiography and coronary angiography. The present case suggests the clinical role of transthoracic echocardiography in demonstrating characteristic coronary flow abnormalities in patients with muscular bridge in the region of the mid LAD.
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