Myocardial Bridging: Diagnosis, Functional Assessment, and Management: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

D Sternheim, DA Power, R Samtani, A Kini… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital coronary anomaly in which a segment of the
epicardial coronary artery traverses through the myocardium for a portion of its length. The …

Comprehensive Management of ANOCA, Part 2—Program Development, Treatment, and Research Initiatives: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

NR Smilowitz, M Prasad, RJ Widmer, O Toleva… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacc.org
Centers specializing in coronary function testing are critical to ensure a systematic approach
to the diagnosis and treatment of angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) …

Integration of reinforcement learning in a virtual robotic surgical simulation

AT Bourdillon, A Garg, H Wang, YJ Woo… - Surgical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. The revolutions in AI hold tremendous capacity to augment human
achievements in surgery, but robust integration of deep learning algorithms with high-fidelity …

MINOCA associated with a myocardial bridge: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

R Rinaldi, G Princi, G La Vecchia, A Bonanni… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Myocardial bridging (MB) is the most frequent congenital coronary anomaly characterized by
a segment of an epicardial coronary artery that passes through the myocardium. MB is an …

Impact of diastolic vessel restriction on quality of life in symptomatic myocardial bridging patients treated with surgical unroofing: preoperative assessments with …

T Hashikata, Y Honda, H Wang… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Despite optimal medical therapy, a myocardial bridge (MB) can cause life-
limiting symptoms in a subset of patients. While surgical unroofing has been shown to …

Surgical strategies and outcomes for myocardial bridges coexisting with other cardiac conditions

M Zhang, X Xu, Q Wu, H Li, Z Xu, H Xue, Y Jin… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Myocardial bridges are congenital coronary artery anomalies. There are still
many controversies surrounding surgical treatment strategies for myocardial bridges …

[PDF][PDF] Clinical Implication and Optimal Management of Myocardial Bridging: Role of Cardiovascular Imaging

T Hashikata, R Kameda, J Ako - Interventional Cardiology Clinics, 2023 - Elsevier
Myocardial bridging (MB) was historically considered a benign structure as most people with
MB are clinically asymptomatic. Recently, however, mounting evidence indicates that MB …

Predictors of discordance between CT-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) and△ CT-FFR in deep coronary myocardial bridging

Q Sun, J Zhang, W Wang, Y Qi, J Lyu, X Zhang, T Li… - Clinical Imaging, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the performance between CT-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-
FFR) and ΔCT-FFR measurements in patients with deep myocardial bridging (MB) along the …

Colocalization of coronary plaque with wall shear stress in myocardial bridge patients

MO Khan, T Nishi, S Imura, J Seo, H Wang… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Patients with myocardial bridges (MBs) have a higher prevalence of
atherosclerosis. Wall shear stress (WSS) has previously been correlated with plaque in …

A chart review on surgical myocardial debridging in symptomatic patients: a safe procedure with good long-term clinical outcome and coronary computed tomographic …

Z Charaf, K Tanaka, F Wellens, J Nijs… - … and thoracic surgery, 2023 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Myocardial bridging is mostly diagnosed as an incidental imaging finding but
can result in severe vessel compression and significant clinical adverse complications …