Unusual Sign from an Unusual Cause: Wellens’ Syndrome due to Myocardial Bridging

Joint Authors

Shani, Jacob
Akkad, Isaac
Ambesh, Paurush
Sharma, Dikshya
Kapoor, Aditya
Hess, Aviva-Tobin
Shetty, Vijay
Kamholz, Stephan
Saradna, Arjun
Obiagwu, Chukwudi
Hollander, Gerald

Source

Case Reports in Cardiology

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-07-25

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

It is vital to recognize correctly, chest pain of cardiac etiology.

Most commonly, it is because of blood supply-demand inequity in the myocardium.

However, the phenomenon of myocardial bridging as a cause of cardiac chest pain has come to attention reasonably recently.

Herein, a coronary artery with a normal epicardial orientation develops a transient myocardial course.

If the cardiac muscle burden is substantial, the respective artery gets compressed during each cycle of systole, thereby impeding blood flow in the artery.

Hence, myocardial bridging has been attributed to as a rare cause of angina.

In this case report, the authors discuss a patient in whom myocardial bridging turned out to be an elusive cause of angina.

We wish to underscore the importance of being clinically mindful of myocardial bridging when assessing a patient with angina.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Ambesh, Paurush& Sharma, Dikshya& Kapoor, Aditya& Hess, Aviva-Tobin& Shetty, Vijay& Hollander, Gerald…[et al.]. 2018. Unusual Sign from an Unusual Cause: Wellens’ Syndrome due to Myocardial Bridging. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137308

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Ambesh, Paurush…[et al.]. Unusual Sign from an Unusual Cause: Wellens’ Syndrome due to Myocardial Bridging. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137308

American Medical Association (AMA)

Ambesh, Paurush& Sharma, Dikshya& Kapoor, Aditya& Hess, Aviva-Tobin& Shetty, Vijay& Hollander, Gerald…[et al.]. Unusual Sign from an Unusual Cause: Wellens’ Syndrome due to Myocardial Bridging. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1137308

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1137308