title: Coronary muscular bridge mimicking acute stent thrombosis.
abstract: A patient who develops hypotension or angina pectoris after intravenous inotropic agents should be assessed for dynamic left ventricular outflow obstruction or the presence of a muscular bridge. In this case report, we present a patient with low ejection fraction who developed hypotension and angina pectoris with inotropic therapy after coronary intervention. We performed a coronary angiogram to exclude stent thrombosis but a muscular bridge was found in the segment distal to the stent.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinic, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. karabaymd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Aykan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alizade
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalayci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zehir
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dundar
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis