Kei Yamamoto, Yoichiro Sugizaki, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Takao Sato, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Shuro Narui, Myong Hwa Yamamoto, Khady N Fall, Elizabeth I James, John B Glinski, Maya L Rabban, Megha Prasad, Vivian G Ng, Sanjum S Sethi, Tamim M Nazif, Sahil A Parikh, Torsten P Vahl, Ziad A Ali, LeRoy E Rabbani, Michael B Collins, Martin B Leon, Margaret McEntegart, Jeffrey W Moses, Ajay J Kirtane, Masahiko Ochiai, Gary S Mintz, Akiko Maehara
BACKGROUND: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) studies show that one-quarter of left anterior descending (LAD) arteries have a myocardial bridge. An MB may be associated with stent failure when the stent extends into the MB. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate: 1) the association between an MB and chronic total occlusion (CTO) in any LAD lesions; and 2) the association between an MB and subsequent clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in LAD CTOs...
January 5, 2024: JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions