title: Supracoronary myotomy for myocardial bridges in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: off-pump experience.
abstract: Myocardial bridges (MB) are rarely observed but well known pathology of the major epicardial coronary arteries which are embedded in the overlying myocardial tissue. It is most frequently found in young patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Myocardial bridges are associated with myocardial ischemia and infarction, cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. The present case series report the outcomes of three symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who underwent myocardial muscle debridges. They were operated using beating heart technique without cardiopulmonary bypass. The authors conclude that off-pump supracoronary muscle myotomy is a feasible treatment modality in the young age group with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. ihsanbak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bakir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riza Karaci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Altin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Aydemir
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akdeniz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salih Bilal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054084:Myocardial Bridging / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome