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myocardial bridge

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myocardial bridge
n.
A bridge of cardiac muscle fibers extending over the epicardial aspect of a coronary artery.
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ABSTRACT Objective: Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital anomaly characterized by narrowing during systole of some of the epicardial coronary arterial segments running in the myocardium.
Myocardial bridge: a bridge to atherosclerosis/Miyokardiyal ... by Duygu, Hamza; Zoghi, Mehdi; Nalbantgil, Sanem; Kirilmaz, Bahadir; Turk, Ugur; Ozerkan, Filiz; Akilli / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Abstract: We report a case of anterior myocardial infarction in a middle-aged man without risk factors for atherosclerosis in whom myocardial bridge was diagnosed several years later.
Unappreciable myocardial bridge causing anterior myocardial ... by Roongsritong, Chanwit / Southern Medical Journal
There is an evidence from pathophysiologic and intravascular ultrasound studies that the arterial segment proximal to the myocardial bridge (MB) has a higher frequency of atherosclerosis, whereas the tunneled segment is relatively spared.
Myocardial bridge and atherosclerosis/Miyokardiyal kopruleme ve ... by Okmen, Arda Sanli / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
 
 
 
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