Myocardial bridges: A review

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-683

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Von Kriegenbergh, Katrina ^a   Gilkes, Mathangi ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Walker, Christi ^a   Malaiyandi, Deepa ^a   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coronary arterial disease; coronary arteries; myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY STENT; DIASTOLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 80051468874     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21150     Document Type: Review

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