A Case of Symptomatic Myocardial Bridge Treated with Calcium Channel Blocker

Arash Nemat,1– 3 Atiqullah Majeedi,2 Abdul Wahed Sediqi,2,4 Qingchun Zeng1 1Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Ariana Medical Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan; 3Department of Microbiology, Kabul Univer...

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Main Authors: Nemat A, Majeedi A, Sediqi AW, Zeng Q
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2022-05-01
Series:International Medical Case Reports Journal
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/a-case-of-symptomatic-myocardial-bridge-treated-with-calcium-channel-b-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IMCRJ
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Summary:Arash Nemat,1– 3 Atiqullah Majeedi,2 Abdul Wahed Sediqi,2,4 Qingchun Zeng1 1Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Ariana Medical Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan; 3Department of Microbiology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan; 4Department of Cardiology, Ali Abad Teaching Hospital, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, AfghanistanCorrespondence: Qingchun Zeng, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People’s Republic of China, Email qingchunzeng@smu.edu.cn Arash Nemat, Department of Cardiology, Ariana Medical Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan, Email dr.arashnemat@yahoo.comAbstract: 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: myocardial bridge, coronary angiography, case report
ISSN:1179-142X