Myocardial infarction associated with myocardial bridging: Case history and review of the literature

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-367

  Tauth, Jeffrey ^a   Sullebarger, J Thompson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

beta blockers; myocardial bridging; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0030964951     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199704)40:4<364::AID-CCD9>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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