title: Deferring coronary stenting for myocardial bridging by fractional flow reserve and optical coherence tomography.
abstract: Deciding how to treat acute myocardial infarction (MI) with myocardial bridge is difficult because stent fracture and early restenosis are frequently reported. We present a 50-year-old female patient with acute MI and myocardial bridge. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve were used to reach a decision on treatment.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1, Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. atmizu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Yutaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niwa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D054084:Myocardial Bridging / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence