Myocardial bridges are free from atherosclerosis: Overview of the underlying mechanisms

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-222

  Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a,b   Giannoglou, George D ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Myocardial bridge; Shear stress; Tensile stress; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; HEART CYCLE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART STRESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIOGRAPHY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 65349150512     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70065-0     Document Type: Review

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