Acute myocardial infarction secondary to myocardial bridge treated with drug-eluting stent.

Singh, Harminder; Singh, Charanjit; Kumar, A; Aggarwal, N; Banerji, A

Singh, Harminder; Singh, Charanjit; Kumar, A; Aggarwal, N; Banerji, A.

Indian Heart J ; 2005 Nov-Dec; 57(6): 734-7

Article in En | IMSEAR | ID: sea-4777

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We report a case of myocardial bridge in left anterior descending coronary artery associated with acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. The patient had many unusual features like coronary ectasia and atherosclerosis within the myocardial bridge segment. The patient was treated with drug-eluting stent under intravascular ultrasound guidance with good result over 6 months follow-up.

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Adult; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary/instrumentation; Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use; Coronary Angiography/methods; Coronary Vessel Anomalies/complications; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Defects, Congenital/complications; Humans; Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/therapeutic use; Male; Myocardial Infarction/etiology; Myocardium/pathology; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Stents; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Interventional

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Full text: 1 Index: IMSEAR Main subject: Severity of Illness Index / Humans / Male / Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Stents / Follow-Up Studies / Treatment Outcome / Coronary Angiography / Ultrasonography, Interventional Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Indian heart j Year: 2005 Type: Article

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