Myocardial bridging: cases reports.

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci

Dipartimento del Cuore e Grossi Vasi A. Reale, U.O.C. Cardiology Polo Pontino, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Published: May 2008

We report 2 cases of Myocardial Bridge (MB). MB, even though a very frequent anomaly (found out in 85% of autopsies), often is asymptomatic. It is hard to diagnose in patients affected by coronary artery disease, seldomly found out on selective coronary angiograms (in 16-20% of chest pain cases). MB can be considered as one of the causes of coronary artery disease.

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