A Case of Symptomatic Myocardial Bridge Treated with Calcium Channel Blocker

Int Med Case Rep J. 2022 May 31:15:259-262. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S360819. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital coronary anomaly in which a portion of the coronary artery courses intramyocardium instead of the normal trajectory on the epicardial surface. We report a case study with a 44-year-old man from Faryab Province in Afghanistan who presented chest pain and dizziness while suffering a common cold. After full investigation, the patient underwent coronary angiography which showed a myocardial bridge at the middle portion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) with a significant stenosis causing ischemia. We treated the patient with a calcium channel blocker as initial treatment. The patient tolerated the medication well and remained asymptomatic during two years follow-up.

Keywords: case report; coronary angiography; myocardial bridge.

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