Open AccessMyocardial bridge: The cause of angina in a young man
Author(s) -
Rajesh Vijayvergiya,
Bhagwant Rai Mittal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.118253
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial bridge , cardiology , myocardial bridging , angina , sudden cardiac death , sudden death , acute coronary syndrome , artery , coronary angiography , bridge (graph theory) , coronary arteries , myocardial infarction
Myocardial bridging is basically the systolic narrowing of epicardial coronary arteries, secondary to their tunneled course in myocardium. Though it is a benign condition it can have the symptoms like acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. We report a 32-year-old male, who presented with typical exertional angina, had positive exercise treadmill and thallium-201 test. Coronary angiography revealed myocardial bridge of distal left anterior descending coronary artery. He was put on β-blockers and was doing well at 8 years of follow-up.