## Abstract Much has been written regarding the potential clinical significance of myocardial bridges. As such bridging is often seen in normal individuals, it is clear that not all arteries bridged by myocardial segments produce clinical symptoms thereby suggesting that this feature may simply be
Myocardial bridge: A clinical review
โ Scribed by Vijay G. Kalaria; Nishant Koradia; Jeffrey A. Breall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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