title: Acute myocardial infarction secondary to myocardial bridge treated with drug-eluting stent.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Pune. harminder62@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Harminder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Charanjit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerji
mesh_terms: D000077284:Abciximab; D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D000077284:Abciximab