Symptomatic myocardial bridges in children: A case report with review of literature

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 490-494

  Sharma, Jayendra ^a   Hellenbrand, William ^a   Kleinman, Charles ^a   Mosca, Ralph ^a  

^a Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

coronary ischaemia; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; sudden cardiac death; supra arterial myotomy

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MURMUR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; SUPRAARTERIAL MYOTOMY; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84856363075     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111000849     Document Type: Review

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