Published 2013
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Journal article
Myocardial bridge: The cause of angina in a young man
- 1. Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (India)
- 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh (India)
Description
Myocardial bridging is basically the systolic narrowing of epicardial coronary arteries, secondary to their tunneled course in myocardium. Though it is a benign condition it can have the symptoms like acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. We report a 32-year-old male, who presented with typical exertional angina, had positive exercise treadmill and thallium-201 test. Coronary angiography revealed myocardial bridge of distal left anterior descending coronary artery. He was put on β-blockers and was doing well at 8 years of follow-up
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.118253; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3800306Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 28
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 115-116
- ISSN
- 0972-3919
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46049988
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; BRIDGES; CORONARIES; DEATH; EXERCISE; MALES; MAN; MYOCARDIUM; SYMPTOMS; THALLIUM 201
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HEART; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MEDICINE; MUSCLES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THALLIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES
Optional Information
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC3800306; PMID: 24163520; PUBLISHER-ID: IJNM-28-115; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3800306; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.