Myocardia ischemia associated with a myocardial bridge with no significant atherosclerotic stenosis

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 165
• Main Authors: Yu, Min, Zhou, Lihong, Chen, Tingting, Yi, Kaihong, Zeng, Chujuan, Tan, Xuerui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.12.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Acute Coronary Syndrome - diagnosis; Acute Coronary Syndrome - etiology; Cardiac patients; Case Report; Coronary Angiography; Coronary heart disease; Coronary Vasospasm - diagnosis; Coronary Vasospasm - etiology; Electrocardiogram; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart Arrest - diagnosis; Heart Arrest - etiology; Heart Arrest - therapy; Humans; Ischemia; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Bridging - complications; Myocardial Bridging - diagnosis; Myocardial Bridging - physiopathology; Myocardial Bridging - therapy; Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis; Myocardial Ischemia - etiology; Myocardial Ischemia - physiopathology; Myocardial Ischemia - therapy; Stenosis; Treatment Outcome
• ISSN: 1471-2261; 1471-2261
• DOI: 10.1186/s12872-015-0158-2

Myocardial bridge refers to the myocardial tissue with which the coronary artery is partly covered. Though it has long been regarded to be benign, patients with myocardial bridges may present with myocardial ischemia, acute coronary syndromes, coronary spasm, sudden cardiac arrest or even sudden death. In present study, we reviewed four cases with myocardial bridge and no stenosis of coronary artery, which included acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac arrest. These cases indicated that cardiac events in patients with myocardial bridge may be associated with coronary spasm, myocardial supply/demand mismatch or cardiac arrest.