Long-term clinical course of patients with isolated myocardial bridge

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-543

  Kim, Sung Soo ^a   Jeong, Myung Ho ^a   Kim, Hyun Kuk ^a   Kim, Min Chul ^a   Cho, Kyung Hun ^a   Lee, Min Goo ^a   Ko, Jum Suk ^a   Park, Keun Ho ^a   Sim, Doo Sun ^a   Yoon, Nam Sik ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ju ^a   Park, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Ju Han ^a   Hong, Young Joon ^a   Ahn, Young Keun ^a   Cho, Jeong Gwan ^a   Park, Jong Chun ^a   Kang, Jung Chaee ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary vasospasm; Myocardial bridging; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICORANDIL; NITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649223115     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0648     Document Type: Article

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