title: [Coronary stent placement for recurrent angina secondary to myocardial bridging].
abstract: Myocardial bridging of the epicardic coronary arteries is not an uncommon finding in angiographic or necropsic studies. Patients who have symptoms usually improve with medical treatment. However, in refractory patients a surgical myotomy of overlying myocardium and/or a coronary bypass may be needed. We report two patients with long myocardial bridges in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery, who had recurrent angina refractory to conventional treatment. In both patients two consecutive coronary stents were successfully implanted. At five and six months follow-up they are asymptomatic and with good exercise tolerance.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guiteras
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Aymat
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alegret
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Augé
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents