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Kazuhisa Takamura1, Shinichiro Fujimoto, Shuji Nanjo
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toho University Omori Medical Center, 6-11-1 Omori-nishi, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan.
Background:
Recent development of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) has made the detection of myocardial bridge (MB) easier on the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). The LAD segment proximal to the MB is well known to be susceptible to atherosclerosis. Anatomical characteristics of MB on LAD in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) were examined by MDCT.
Methods And Results:
Subjects were 43 MI patients who had MB in the LAD and comprised 2 groups: 14 with culprit lesions in the LAD proximal to MB (culprit group) and 29 without culprit lesions in the LAD (non-culprit group). MB length, MB thickness, and the distance from the orifice of left main trunk (LMT) to MB entrance were compared. Age and coronary risk factors showed no significant difference between the 2 groups. MB length (P=0.011), MB thickness (P=0.035), and index of the length multiplied by thickness of MB (P=0.031) were significantly greater in the culprit group. The distance from the orifice of the LMT to MB entrance was significantly shorter in the culprit group (P=0.006).
Conclusions:
Anatomical properties of MB, such as length and thickness of MB as well as MB location, are associated with the formation of culprit lesions of LAD proximal to MB in MI.
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