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Normally the epicardial coronary arteries are located outside the myocardium. Occasionally a segment of the epicardial coronary artery passes through the myocardium. This causes a narrowing of that region when the heart contracts in systole. Myocardial bridging can be recognized as narrowing of a region of the coronary artery in systole which normalizes in diastole. Usually myocardial bridges do not cause ischemia, though rarely it can do so. Generally myocardial bridges are left alone. Unroofing of the myocardial bridge is a surgical procedure considered in cases with refractory ischemic symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Normally the epicardial coronary arteries are located outside the myocardium. Occasionally a segment of the epicardial coronary artery passes through the myocardium. This causes a narrowing of that region when the heart contracts in systole. Myocardial bridging can be recognized as narrowing of a region of the coronary artery in systole which normalizes in diastole. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angiography"],"yoast_head":"\nMyocardial bridging is narrowing of a region of coronary artery in systole<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Myocardial bridging can be recognized as narrowing of a region of the coronary artery in systole which normalizes in diastole. 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