Myocardial Bridge and Acute Plaque Rupture

• Main Authors: Leor Perl MD (Author), David Daniels MD (Author), Jonathan Schwartz MD (Author), Shige Tanaka MD, PhD (Author), Alan Yeung MD (Author), Jennifer A. Tremmel MD (Author), Ingela Schnittger MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

A myocardial bridge (MB) is a common anatomic variant, most frequently located in the left anterior descending coronary artery, where a portion of the coronary artery is covered by myocardium. Importantly, MBs are known to result in a proximal atherosclerotic lesion. It has recently been postulated...