Comparison of Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasonic Detection of Myocardial Bridging of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
Tsujita K, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Doi H, Kubo T, Castellanos C, Liu J, Yang J, Oviedo C, Franklin-Bond T, Dasgupta N, Biro S, Dani L, Dangas GD, Mehran R, Kirtane AJ, Lansky AJ, Kreps EM, Collins MB, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB. Comparison of Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasonic Detection of Myocardial Bridging of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2008, 102: 1608-1613. PMID: 19064013, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial bridgingIntravascular ultrasoundCoronary arterySystolic compressionLow left ventricular ejection fractionDe novo coronary lesionsLeft ventricular ejection fractionComparison of AngiographicDistal reference segmentsMaximum plaque burdenNovo coronary lesionsVentricular ejection fractionUseful anatomic informationConsecutive patientsEjection fractionLeft anteriorClinical featuresCoronary lesionsPlaque burdenProximal stenosisIntimal thicknessStudy populationPatientsAccurate diagnosisArtery