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Supraarterial decompression myotomy for myocardial bridging in a child
N D Hillman1, C Mavroudis, C L Backer
1Children's Memorial Hospital and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 27, 1999
Abstract:
A 10-year-old boy presented with a history of exertional chest pain. An electrocardiogram demonstrated an inferior apical myocardial infarction. Cardiac catheterization revealed myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery with evidence of intramyocardial obstruction during systole. The patient underwent successful treatment with supraarterial decompression myotomy and remains symptom free at 1 year.