title: Normalisation of abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve associated with myocardial bridging using an intracoronary stent.
abstract: Although intracoronary stenting procedures have been advocated for the successful treatment of myocardial ischaemia associated with myocardial bridging, the physiological rationale for this approach remains unexplored. The case of a 70 year old man with symptoms of cardiac ischaemia associated with a left anterior descending coronary artery bridge is described, where use of an intracoronary stent abolished the angiographic abnormalities and also restituted pronounced abnormalities of coronary fractional flow reserve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Starkey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents