title: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial bridging.
abstract: Two patients are reported in whom hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery. One had a history of angina and recurrent syncope, the other had chest pain and exertional dyspnoea. In each case the diagnosis was made by cross-sectional echocardiography and coronary angiography.
authors.affiliation: Cardiologic Section, St. Francois Clinic, Chartres, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Achrafi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis