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Myocardial bridging increases the risk of coronary spasm

Hiroki Teragawa, Yukihiro Fukuda, Keiji Matsuda, Hidekazu Hirao, Yukihito Higashi, Togo Yamagata, Tetsuya Oshima, Hideo Matsuura, Kazuaki Chayama

Clinical Cardiology · 2003 · 89 citations · 42 references

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Abstract

These results suggest that MB increases the risk of coronary spasm and that coronary spasm may be the proximate etiology of cardiac events associated with MB.

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