Diseases

Myocardial Bridging

A malformation that is characterized by a muscle bridge over a segment of the CORONARY ARTERIES. Systolic contractions of the muscle bridge can lead to narrowing of coronary artery; coronary compression; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.

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Abstract

A malformation that is characterized by a muscle bridge over a segment of the CORONARY ARTERIES. Systolic contractions of the muscle bridge can lead to narrowing of coronary artery; coronary compression; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.

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  • Bridging, Myocardial
  • Bridgings, Myocardial
  • Myocardial Bridgings

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2008

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Previous Indexing

  • Coronary Disease (1963-1975)
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies (1976-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myocardial Bridging. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054084. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054084
  2. Myocardial Bridging. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_bridge
  3. Myocardial Bridging. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6947900