Normalization of coronary fractional flow reserve with successful intracoronary stent placement to a myocardial bridge.
Although myocardial bridge is asymptomatic in most patients, it can lead to myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, and sudden death. We successfully treated a myocardial bridge, which caused a severe stenosis in left anterior descending (LAD) artery together with myocardial ischemia and disturbance in intracoronary hemodynamics, with stent implantation.
Cardiology Department, Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. drnuri@superonline.com
Nuri
N
Kurtoglu
Bülent
B
Mutlu
Serdar
S
Soydinc
Cevat
C
Tanalp
Akin
A
Izgi
Sinan
S
Dagdelen
R Bengi
RB
Bakkal
Ismet
I
Dindar
D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D015607:Stents