[Image of the month. Myocardial bridging...].
Myocardial bridging, often congenital, is an aberrant relationship between epicardial coronary segments and the myocard, usually affecting the interventricular artery. Although often asymptomatic, this coronarographic detection (milking effect by systolic compression) has been associated with ischaemia, rhythm disturbances or sudden death. Different treatments may be considered, from pharmacological intervention to surgery, and above all, percutaneous angioplasty with stenting. A clinical case leads us to a review of the literature.
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D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D015607:Stents