Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging
Muscle overlying an intramyocardial segment of a coronary artery is termed a myocardial bridge. The intramyocardial segment, the tunneled artery, is compressed during systole. The condition is generally benign but may occasionally cause myocardial ischemia, infarction, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac...
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| description | Muscle overlying an intramyocardial segment of a coronary artery is termed a myocardial bridge. The intramyocardial segment, the tunneled artery, is compressed during systole. The condition is generally benign but may occasionally cause myocardial ischemia, infarction, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. We present a case regarding a 52-year-old man with exercise-induced angina who was diagnosed with a myocardial bridge overlying the left anterior descending artery. He was initially treated with beta-blockers and later received coronary bypass graft surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8337a49360c487cb167ecf0bc2dd8dc2025-08-20T03:23:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122014-01-01201410.1155/2014/289879289879Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial BridgingDragana Rujic0Mette Lundgren Nielsen1Karsten Tange Veien2Manan Pareek3Department of Internal Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg Hospital, Valdemarsgade 53, 5700 Svendborg, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Vejle Hospital, Kabbeltoft 25, 7100 Vejle, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, DenmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Brendstrupgårdsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkMuscle overlying an intramyocardial segment of a coronary artery is termed a myocardial bridge. The intramyocardial segment, the tunneled artery, is compressed during systole. The condition is generally benign but may occasionally cause myocardial ischemia, infarction, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. We present a case regarding a 52-year-old man with exercise-induced angina who was diagnosed with a myocardial bridge overlying the left anterior descending artery. He was initially treated with beta-blockers and later received coronary bypass graft surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/289879 |
| spellingShingle | Dragana Rujic Mette Lundgren Nielsen Karsten Tange Veien Manan Pareek Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging |
| title_full | Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging |
| title_fullStr | Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging |
| title_short | Nitroglycerine Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Myocardial Bridging |
| title_sort | nitroglycerine induced acute myocardial infarction in a patient with myocardial bridging |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/289879 |
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