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Coronary muscular bridge mimicking acute stent thrombosis
C Y Karabay1, A C Aykan, A Güler
1Cardiology Clinic, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. karabaymd@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A patient who develops hypotension or angina pectoris after intravenous inotropic agents should be assessed for dynamic left ventricular outflow obstruction or the presence of a muscular bridge. In this case report, we present a patient with low ejection fraction who developed hypotension and angina pectoris with inotropic therapy after coronary intervention. We performed a coronary angiogram to exclude stent thrombosis but a muscular bridge was found in the segment distal to the stent.
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