Acute Myocardial Infarction Resulting From Myocardial Bridging

İrfan Barutçu, *Alpay Turan Sezgin, *Hakan Güllü, Ali Metin Esen

Koşuyolu Kalp Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Kliniği, İstanbul
*Başkent Üniversitesi Uygulama ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Kliniği, Adana

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Myocardial bridging of coronary arteries has been considered as an incidental angiographic finding; however, several reports suggest its association with angina pectoris, myocardial ischemia and even infarction. Herein we described a young patient presented with acute inferior myocardial infarction and whose coronary angiography showed isolated myocardial bridging located to middle portion of circumflex artery.

Keywords : Isolated myocardial bridging, myocardial infarction and coronary angiography

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