title: Myocardial bridging confined to the right ventricular branch of the right coronary artery in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Although myocardial bridges are mostly confined to the left anterior descending coronary artery, several cases of right coronary artery myocardial bridging have been reported in the literature. In the current case report, we present a 65-year-old female with a well-functioning mechanical mitral valve prosthesis, severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle wall motion abnormality in whom diagnostic angiography revealed myocardial bridging confined to the right ventricular branch of the right coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, GATA, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Turgay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Atila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyisoy
authors.forename: Hurkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kursaklioglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008943:Mitral Valve; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004110:Diltiazem