Coronary stenting in the management of myocardial ischaemia caused by muscle bridging.
- 1 July 1995
- Vol. 74 (1) , 90-92
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.74.1.90
Abstract
A man of 64 was admitted for the investigation of post infarction angina. He was found to have angiographically normal coronary arteries, except for the presence of a muscle bridge in the left anterior descending coronary artery, believed to be subtending the ischaemic area. He had sustained a completed myocardial infarction in this territory 8 months before with identical findings at coronary angiography. A coronary stent was implanted in the intramyocardial segment and the patient made a good recovery with no adverse events at follow up 6 months later.Keywords
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