Acute myocardial infarction secondary to myocardial bridge treated with drug-eluting stent.
We report a case of myocardial bridge in left anterior descending coronary artery associated with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. The patient had many unusual features like coronary ectasia and atherosclerosis within the myocardial bridge segment. The patient was treated with drug-eluting stent under intravascular ultrasound guidance with good result over 6 months follow-up.
Singh
Harminder
H
Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Pune. harminder62@yahoo.com
Singh
Charanjit
C
Kumar
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Aggarwal
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N
Banerji
A
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D000077284:Abciximab