Drug-eluting Stents in Myocardial Bridging

Drug-eluting Stents in Treatment of Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging

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References

Review articles:

http://www.uni-essen.de/cardio/infos_news/moehlenkamp_circulation122002.pdf

Bourassa MG, Butnaru A, Lesperance J, Tardif JC. Symptomatic Myocardial Bridges: Overview of Ischemic Mechanisms and Current Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:351–9

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Epidemiology

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Myocardial bridging and clinical symptoms:

Chambers JD Jr, Johns JP, Berndt TB, Davee TS. Myocardial stunning resulting from systolic coronary artery compression by myocardial bridging. Am Heart J 1994;128:1036-8

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Noninvasive evaluation:

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Invasive evaluation (angiography, intravascular ultrasound, pressure Doppler):

Schwarz ER, Klues HG, vom Dahl J, Klein I, Krebs W, Hanrath P. Functional characteristics of myocardial bridging: a combined angiographic and intracoronary Doppler flow study. Eur Heart J 1997;18:434-42

Ge J, Erbel R, Rupprecht HJ. Comparison of intravascular ultrasound and angiography in the assessment of myocardial bridging. Circulation 1994;89:1725-32

Ge J, Jeremias A, Rupp A, et al. New signs characteristic of myocardial bridging demonstrated by intracoronary ultrasound and Dopler. Eur Heart J 1999;20:1707-16

Medical therapy:

Schwarz ER, Klues HG, vom Dahl J, Klein I, Krebs W, Hanrath P. Functional, angiographic and intracoronary Doppler flow characteristics in symptomatic patients with myocardial bridging: effect of short-term intravenous beta-blocker medication. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996;27:1637-45

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Surgical therapy:

Hillman MD, Mavroudis C, Backer CL, et al. Supraarterial decompression myotomy for myocardial bridging in a child. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:244-6

Pratt JW, Michler RE, Pala J, et al. Minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting for myocardial muscle bridging. Heart Surgery Forum 1999;2:250-3

Xing YQ, Khabbaz KR, Karia D, Robinson DA, Weintraub A, De Castro S, Pandian NG. Intraoperative Epicardial Coronary Artery Imaging: Rationale, Methods, and Applications. Echocardiography 2002;19:735-41

Reports of percutaneous therapy:

Haager PK, Schwarz ER, vom Dahl J, Klues HG, Reffelmann T, Hanrath P. Long-term angiographic and clinical follow-up in patients with stent implantation for symptomatic myocardial bridging. Heart 2000;84:403-8

Berry JF, von Mering GO, Schmalfuss C, et al. Systolic compression of the left anterior descending coronary artery: a case series, review of the literature, and therapeutic options including stenting. Cath Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;56:58-63

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Smith SC, Taber MT, Robiolio PA, et al. Acute myocardial infarction caused by a myocardial bridge treated with intracoronary stenting. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1997;42:209-12

Jeremias A, Haude M, Ge J, et al. Bail-out stent implantation of a muscle bridging in the left anterior descending artery after post-interventional dissection. Z Kardiol 1997;86:367-72

Akilli A, Kultursay H, Akin M, Payzin S, Can L. Altintig A, Turkoglu C. Stenting of Myocardial Bridging. Journal of Invasive Cardiology 1997;9:529-33

Hering D, Horstkotte D, Schwimmbeck P, et al. Acute myocardial infarct caused by a muscle bridge of the anterior interventricular ramus: complicated course with vascular perforation after stent implantation. Z Kardiol 1997;86:630-8

Klues HG, Schwarz ER, vom Dahl. Disturbed intracoronary hemodynamics in myocardial bridging: early normalization by intracoronary stent placement. Circulation 1997;96:2905-13

Bayes A, Marti V, Auge JM. Coronary stenting for symptomatic myocardial bridging. Heart 1998;80:102-3

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Marti V, Ramirez J, Lamich R, et al. Coronary stent placement for recurrent angina secondary to myocardial bridging. Rev Med Chil 1998;126:1362-6

Rzezniczak J, Angerer D, Kalawski R, Parucki R, Slomczynski M, Manczak J, Siminiak T. Intracoronary stent implantation for treatment of myocardial ischemia induced by myocardial bridge. A case report. Kardiol Pol 1998;48:517

Prendergast BD, Kerr F, Starkey IR. Normalisation of abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve associated with myocardial bridging using an intra-coronary stent. Heart 2000;83:705-7

Gomberg-Maitland M, Kim MC, Fuster V. A stratified approach to the treatment of a symptomatic myocardial bridge. Clin Cardiol 2002;25:484-6

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