Definition of Myocardial bridge
Myocardial bridge: Literally a bridging of heart
muscle over one of the major arteries to the heart (usually
the left anterior descending artery). The heart has formed
in this abnormal design from birth, whereby the artery is
actually 'tunneled' through a part of the heart muscle.
Common Misspellings: myicardial bridge, miocardial bridge
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