2 CASES OF VARIANT FORM ANGINA-PECTORIS ASSOCIATED WITH MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE - A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP AMONG CORONARY VASOSPASM, ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE

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作者
MUNAKATA, K
SATO, N
SASAKI, Y
YASUTAKE, M
KUSAMA, Y
TAKAYAMA, M
KISHIDA, H
HAYAKAWA, H
机构
[1] The First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical, Bunkyo-Ku. Tokyo. 113
[2] The First Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo
来源
JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL-ENGLISH EDITION | 1992年 / 56卷 / 12期
关键词
CORONARY VASOSPASM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGE AND VARIANT OR OF ANGINA PECTORIS;
D O I
10.1253/jcj.56.1248
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital anomaly of the coronary artery and may occur in 5 to 12% of the human population. However, the mechanism of MB-induced myocardial ischemia is still speculative. We report 2 cases of variant form angina pectoris associated with MB in which myocardial ischemia seemed to be related to the interaction between coronary perfusion and MB. In case 1, electrocardiography during anginal attack at rest showed ST elevation in the inferior leads and MB was observed after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty at the site of the right coronary artery lesion following successful dilatation. In case 2, MB of the left anterior descending coronary was located in the identical portion where coronary vasospasm was induced by intracoronary acetylcholine injection, although ischemia during the spontaneous anginal attack was limited to the inferior area of myocardium. These 2 cases suggest -that MB can be, at least in some patients, one of the possible causes of the endothelial damage which seems to be related to coronary vasospasm; this was documented in both cases.
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页码:1248 / 1252
页数:5
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