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Successful Surgical Resection of a Muscular Bridge in a Patient with Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Source :
- Angiology. 53:225-227
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2002.
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Abstract
- The authors report a case of myocardial bridging associated with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and severe intractable chest pain that was relieved by surgical resection of the muscular bridge. Surgical resection of a myocardial bridge may be considered in patients with refractory symptoms that can clearly be attributed to muscular bridge.
- Subjects :
- Myocardial bridge
Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Coronary Vessel Anomalies
Cardiomyopathy
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Chest pain
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
business.industry
Vascular disease
Myocardium
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Bridge (graph theory)
Female
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19401574 and 00033197
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Angiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4d1e613c02a959e21ad4b74a9fdd7a5c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000331970205300215