A Morphological Study of Myocardial Bridges in the Fetal Heart
A Arun KUMAR,
N Vinay KUMAR,
Deulkar SNEHAL
et al.
Abstract:Introduction: Myocardial bridges (MB) are congenital anomalies of hearts observed as muscle fibers covering epicardial branches of the coronary artery. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) was found to be commonly showing myocardial bridges (MBs). Clinically, MBs were claimed to cause varied symptomatology. The data on the morphology and prevalence of MBs in fetuses was limited, despite the commonly accepted congenital origin.Material and methods: Fetal hearts obtained from 37 fetuses from the donation pr… Show more
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