Self‐expanding intracoronary stent for symptomatic myocardial bridging

Myocardial bridging has been recognized as a potential cause of symptoms of angina, arrhythmias and even infarction. Various treatment strategies including beta‐blockers, surgery and more recently intra‐coronary stents have been used to manage bridging. We report a novel case of use of self‐expandin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions 2007-06, Vol.69 (7), p.984-987
Hauptverfasser: Ahmed, S. Hinan, Khawaja, Shazib N., Husain, Nadeem M., Panayiotou, Hercules
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Myocardial bridging has been recognized as a potential cause of symptoms of angina, arrhythmias and even infarction. Various treatment strategies including beta‐blockers, surgery and more recently intra‐coronary stents have been used to manage bridging. We report a novel case of use of self‐expanding stent for myocardial bridging in a patient with symptoms of angina and ischemia on nuclear imaging. We further present the 18‐month follow up showing minima in‐stent stenosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of using a self‐expanding stent in myocardial bridging. The use of self‐expanding stents could be a potential treatment for symptomatic myocardial bridging. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:1522-1946
1522-726X
DOI:10.1002/ccd.20996