Systolic total narrowing of left anterior descending coronary artery and flow interruption secondary to myocardial bridge: A rare case report and review of literature

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 457-460

  Kacmaz, Fehmi ^a   Alyan, Omer ^b   Ilkay, Erdogan ^c  

^a Bingol State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Mesa Hospital Cankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Muscular bridge; Myocardial infarction; Totally occlusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; ENALAPRIL; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; STREPTOKINASE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; REVIEW; SYSTOLE; THORAX PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 56349141187     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20338     Document Type: Review

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