Myocardial bridging: What have we learned in the past and will new diagnostic modalities provide new insights?

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Bruschke, A V G ^a   Veltman, C E ^a,b   de Graaf, M A ^a,b   Vliegen, H W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Coronary arteriography; Myocardial bridging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY LESION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CYCLE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; MYOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 84872203010     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0355-x     Document Type: Review

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