Encasement of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery: Association with Takotsubo Syndrome, and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options

Myocardial bridging is a rare event, which leads to chest pain, arrhythmias and discussable Takotsubo syndrome (cardiomyopathy). We collected 41 patients (33 females, mean age 68.4 years) with all forms of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in most cases and 6 cases with chest pain and echocardiographic mid-v...

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Main Author: Stefan Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Barcaray International 2018-01-01
Series:International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
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Online Access:https://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/499/pdf