Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 3-13 , January 2012

Myocardial bridging on coronary CTA: An innocent bystander or a culprit in myocardial infarction?

  • Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Ronak Rajani, MD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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  • Yukio Ishikawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16 Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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  • Toshiharu Ishii, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16 Omori-nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan
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  • Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 28 January 2011 ,Accepted 20 October 2011.

  • Image Result

    Example of a superficial myocardial bridge located within the distal segment of the LAD. Shown are short-axis (A and C) and long-axis (B) planes.

    Example of a superficial myocardial bridge located within the distal segment of the LAD. Shown are short-axis (A and C) and long-axis (B) planes.

  • Image Result

    Example of a deep myocardial bridge located within the mid segment of the LAD. Short-axis plane showing the locality and depth of the myocardial bridge (A), long-axis plane showing the length of the m

    Example of a deep myocardial bridge located within the mid segment of the LAD. Short-axis plane showing the locality and depth of the myocardial bridge (A), long-axis plane showing the length of the myocardial bridge (B), and long-axis plane showing an absence of proximal atherosclerotic disease (C).

  • Image Result
    Example of a deep myocardial bridge located within the mid segment of the LAD. Short-axis plane showing the locality and depth of the myocardial bridge (A), long-axis plane showing the length of the m

    Example of a deep myocardial bridge located within the mid segment of the LAD. Short-axis plane showing the locality and depth of the myocardial bridge (A), long-axis plane showing the length of the myocardial bridge (B), and long-axis plane showing the presence of a proximal calcified plaque within the LAD (C).

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

 Drs Nakanishi and Rajani contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1934-5925(11)00414-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.10.015

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 3-13 , January 2012

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