title: Acute myocardial infarction associated with myocardial bridging in a young adult.
abstract: A 28-year-old man was admitted because of chest pain. Emergency coronary angiography showed a massive thrombus in the proximal segment and another occlusive thrombus in the distal segment of the left anterior descending artery. He was treated with thrombolytic therapy. Repeat coronary angiography showed disappearance of the thrombi in the proximal and distal segments and obvious myocardial bridging in the mid segment. Intravascular ultrasound revealed an atherosclerotic plaque in the segment immediately proximal to the myocardial bridging, but did not reveal any plaque within or distal to the site. He was discharged 12 days later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurisu
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawagoe
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimatani
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsuba
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakama
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kisaka
authors.forename: Yasufumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kijima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy