Symptomatic myocardial bridging in a child without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Daana, Muhannad ^a   Wexler, Isaiah ^a   Milgalter, Eli ^a   Rein, Azaria J J T ^a   Perles, Zeev ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Myocardial bridging; Syncope

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; CHILD; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33644868299     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1388     Document Type: Article

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