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muscle bridge

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muscle bridge,
a band of myocardial tissue over one or more of the large epicardial coronary vessels. It may cause constriction of the artery during systole.


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also showed a high incidence of atherosclerotic plaque proximal to the area of the muscle bridge (3).
Bridge over troubled coronary artery/ muscular bridge causing ... by Denktas, Ali E.; Aytan, Pelin / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Muscle bridges are more common in men than in women and tend to affect patients in their fourth decade of life (1).
Muscular bridge causing non- ST-segment elevation myocardial ... by Aytan, Pelin; Ulusal, Gulay; Yenigun, Ezgi Coskun; Yildirim, Ozgur; Pirpir, Atakan; Yildirim, Safa / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Acute myocardial infarct caused by a muscle bridge of the anterior interventricular ramus: complicated course with vascular perforation after stent implantation Z Kardiol 1997; 86: 630-8.
Coronary rupture to the right ventricle during PTCA for myocardial ... by Demirsoy, Ergun; Arbatli, Harun; Unal, Mehmet; Yagan, Naci; Yilmaz, Oguz; Tukenmez, Faruk; Sener, De / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
 
 
 
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