Myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery in a patient with mitral valve stenosis.
Myocardial bridging is defined as the intramural course of a major epicardial coronary artery, and is mostly confined to the  left ventricle and the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Although it is considered to be a benign anomaly, it can  lead to such complications as acute myocardial infarction, ventricular tachycardia, syncope, atrioventricular block and sudden  cardiac death. Isolated myocardial bridging of the right coronary artery (RCA) and left circumflex artery have been  reported in the literature In our case, myocardial bridging was observed in both the LAD and the RCA in a patient with mitral  valve stenosis.
Avukat Cengiz Gökcek Devlet Hastanesi Cardiology, Gaziantep, Turkey. mehmetkoo@yahoo.com
Mehmet
M
Kücükosmanoglu
Emre
E
Akkaya
Idris
I
Ardic
Isa
I
Sincer
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D054084:Myocardial Bridging / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*