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. 2018 Nov;26(11):573-574.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-018-1142-0.

Myocardial bridging, a trigger for Takotsubo syndrome

A S Triantafyllis  1 , S de Ridder  2 , K Teeuwen  3 , L C Otterspoor  3
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Myocardial bridging, a trigger for Takotsubo syndrome

A S Triantafyllis et al. Neth Heart J. 2018 Nov.
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Conflict of interest statement

A.S. Triantafyllis, S. de Ridder, K. Teeuwen and L.C. Otterspoor declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Wrap-around LAD with myocardial bridging in the mid segment (a in systole, d in diastole, arrowheads). Intravascular ultrasound demonstrating systolic compression of the mid-LAD with a mean lumen area oscillating from 3.06 mm2 in systole (b) to 5.02 mm2 in diastole (e) and an echolucent region between the bridged coronary segment and epicardial tissue persisting throughout the cardiac cycle, ‘half-moon sign’ (b, e, arrows). Left ventricular angiography revealing mid-apical ballooning with hypercontractility of the basal segments (c, f, arrowheads, in systole and diastole respectively)
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