Myocardial bridge evaluation towards personalized medicine: Study design and preliminary results of the RIALTO registry

D D'Amario, G Ciliberti, A Restivo… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Myocardial bridge (MB) is the most frequent inborn coronary artery variant in which a portion
of the myocardium overlies an epicardial coronary artery segment. Although MB has long …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of clinical and morphological factors on long-term mortality in patients with myocardial bridge

G Bárczi, D Becker, N Sydó, Z Ruzsa, H Vágó… - Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although myocardial bridging (MB) has been intensively investigated using different
methods, the effect of bridge morphology on long-term outcome is still doubtful. We aimed at …

'A bridge over troubled water': a case report

D D'Amario, M Cammarano, R Quarta… - … Heart Journal-Case …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Myocardial bridge (MB) is the most common inborn coronary artery variant, in
which a portion of myocardium overlies a major epicardial coronary artery segment …

What is the optimal treatment for symptomatic patients with isolated coronary myocardial bridge? A systematic review and pooled analysis

E Cerrato, U Barbero, F D'Ascenzo… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background Myocardial bridging is a common coronary anomaly, with few severe adverse
events but a relevant symptom burden. Myocardial bridging treatment, however, remains …

Prevalence and clinical presentation of myocardial bridge on the basis of the National Polish Percutaneous Interventions Registry and the Classification of Rare …

J Podolec, Ł Wiewiórka, Z Siudak… - Kardiologia Polska …, 2019 - journals.viamedica.pl
Background: A myocardial bridge (MB) is defined as a congenital anomaly, in which a
segment of an epicardial coronary artery takes an intramuscular course. Aims: The aim of …

Unmasking myocardial bridge–related ischemia by intracoronary functional evaluation

G Tarantini, A Barioli, L Nai Fovino… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Invasive physiological assessment of myocardial bridges (MBs) is largely
unsettled. Unlike fractional flow reserve (FFR), instantaneous wave–free ratio (iFR) is a …

Coronary myocardial bridge: an innocent bystander?

RF Bonvini, J Alibegovic, X Perret, PF Keller… - Heart and vessels, 2008 - Springer
Myocardial bridge (MB) or tunneled coronary artery is an inborn abnormality, which
implicates a systolic vessel compression with a persistent mid-late diastolic diameter …

[HTML][HTML] A potential protective element of myocardial bridge against severe obstructive atherosclerosis in the whole coronary system

L Jiang, M Zhang, H Zhang, L Shen, Q Shao… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2018 - Springer
Background Myocardial bridge (MB) is generally described as a congenital benign variation.
Previous studies have suggested that MB prevents atherosclerotic plaques from …

Myocardial bridging and prognosis: more evidence but jury still out

G Tarantini, F Cademartiri - European Heart Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital variant of coronary anatomy in which a segment of
a major epicardial coronary artery that normally has an epicardial course runs intramurally …

Predictors of adverse cardiac events of coronary myocardial bridging diagnosed with computed tomography angiography

D Andreini, E Conte, G Monizzi, B Prestini… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aims Myocardial bridging (MB) is a frequent congenital anomaly of the epicardial coronary
arteries commonly considered a benign condition. However, in some cases a complex …