[Coronary stent placement for recurrent angina secondary to myocardial bridging].
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.
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Unidad de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España.
Ramírez
J
J
Lamich
R
R
García
J
J
Guiteras
P
P
Aymat
R M
RM
Alegret
J M
JM
Augé
J M
JM
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