Cor Vasa 2010, 52(10):627-631 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2010.160

Myocardial bridging as an atypical cause of acute coronary syndrome

Igor Nykl*, Jindřich Černý, Jan Indrák, Alexandra Vodzinská, Marian Branny
Oddělení kardiologie, Kardiocentrum, Nemocnice Podlesí, a. s., Třinec, Česká republika

Atherosclerosis clearly dominates as the cause of coronary artery disease in patients treated for acute coronary syndrome. Infrequently, non-atherosclerotic causes such as myocardial bridging can be identified. In such a case, the coronary vessel dips into the myocardium for varying lengths and can induce myocardial ischemia with potentially serious clinical consequences. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) is by far the most often overbridged vessel. We report the case of a patient with an unusual clinical manifestation of myocardial bridging in association with coronary atherosclerosis as a cause of acute coronary syndrome.

Keywords: Myocardial bridging; Myocardial ischemia; Acute coronary syndrome

Published: October 1, 2010  Show citation

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Nykl I, Černý J, Indrák J, Vodzinská A, Branny M. Myocardial bridging as an atypical cause of acute coronary syndrome. Cor Vasa. 2010;52(10):627-631. doi: 10.33678/cor.2010.160.
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