Why the study?
Does surgical dissection of the overlying myocardium improve coronary flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with myocardial bridging refractory to medical treatment?
Population
9 patients with obstruction of coronary artery blood flow caused by myocardial bridging after failure of…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Supports feasibility of surgical unroofing for refractory myocardial bridging; leaves open need for controlled trials.
Does surgical dissection of the overlying myocardium improve coronary flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with myocardial bridging refractory to medical treatment?
Surgical dissection of myocardial bridging provides excellent functional results and restores coronary flow in patients who fail medical therapy, though with some risk of intraoperative right ventricular injury.
Iversen et al. (1992) studied this question.
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