Myocardial bridge: A clinical review

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 552-556

  Kalaria, Vijay G ^a   Koradia, Nishant ^b   Breall, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maimonides Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary anomaly; Coronary artery; Myocardial bridge

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOGENESIS;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036894452     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10219     Document Type: Article

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