Myocardial bridging in absence of coronary artery disease: Proposal of a new classification based on clinical-angiographic data and long-term follow-up

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Schwarz, Ernst R ^a,b,c   Gupta, Rajiv ^b   Haager, Philipp K ^c,d   Vom Dahl, Juergen ^c,e   Klues, Heinrich G ^c,f   Minartz, Juergen ^c,g   Uretsky, Barry F ^b,h  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^e KLINIKEN MARIA HILF GMBH   (Germany)

^f HELIOS KLINIKUM KREFELD   (Germany)

^g Krankenhaus Heinsberg   (Germany)

^h Cardiology and Cardiovascular Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracoronary Doppler; Myocardial bridge; Myocardial ischemia; Quantitative coronary angiography

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CORONARY STENT; DIASTOLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 57149099587     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137693     Document Type: Article

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