Nitroglycerine induced acute myocardial infarction in a patient with myocardial bridging.
Muscle overlying an intramyocardial segment of a coronary artery is termed a myocardial bridge. The intramyocardial segment, the tunneled artery, is compressed during systole. The condition is generally benign but may occasionally cause myocardial ischemia, infarction, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. We present a case regarding a 52-year-old man with exercise-induced angina who was diagnosed with a myocardial bridge overlying the left anterior descending artery. He was initially treated with beta-blockers and later received coronary bypass graft surgery.
Department of Internal Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg Hospital, Valdemarsgade 53, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark.
Dragana
D
Rujic
Department of Cardiology, Vejle Hospital, Kabbeltoft 25, 7100 Vejle, Denmark.
Mette Lundgren
0000-0002-6471-2205
ML
Nielsen
Department of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark.
Karsten Tange
KT
Veien
Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgårdsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
Manan
0000-0002-0867-5825
M
Pareek