Myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending artery: evaluation using exercise thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1980
Abstract
Seven patients with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery were evaluated by mens of thallium-201 exercise scintigraphy. The degree of systolic narrowing was 60-70% in five patients and 75-80% in two patients. All patients had presented with chest pain. The resting electrocardiogram was normal in six patients; there were ST segment and T-wave abnormalities in one patient. No patient complained of chest pain during exercise. The exercise electrocardiogram was negative in six patients and inconclusive in one patient. Exercise myocardial scans were negative in all seven patients. We conclude that no evidence of ischemia was demonstrated in patients with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery as determined by exercise electrocardiography and stress thallium-201 scintigraphy.
Volume
6
Issue
2
First Page
173
Last Page
180
ISSN
0098-6569
Published In/Presented At
Greenspan, M., Iskandrian, A. S., Catherwood, E., Kimbiris, D., Bemis, C. E., & Segal, B. L. (1980). Myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending artery: evaluation using exercise thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy. Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 6(2), 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.1810060207
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
7407904
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article