A case of myocardial bridging over the right coronary artery diagnosed by coronary angiography
Abstract
Angiographically evident myocardial bridges confined to the other arteries rather than the left anterior descending artery is very rare in the literature. Also cardiac computerized tomography studies and postmortem studies demonstrated that myocardial bridges are not as rare as the angiographic series and may be confined to the other arteries rather than the left anterior descending. We reported a very rare case with myocardial bridge on right coronary artery diagnosed by coronary angiography causing severe obstruction. We want to share this angiographically visible myocardial bridge confined to the right coronary artery and discuss the potential reasons for the frequency dilemma among different diagnostic tools.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
March 27, 2012
Submission Date
October 20, 2011
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2012 Volume: 34 Number: 1