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Q: Myocardial Bridge
asked by: mightymo on January 2nd, 2004
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I am a 39 year old male who was told 4 years ago this month that I had a heart attack but only had mild coronary artery disease in my lad. I got a 2nd opinion in st louis and was told they could not figure out why I had my attack but I was also told that where the blockage is I have a myocardial bridge in that same spot. I have a known 51% blockage in my lad after I had a cardiac cath done with a ultrasound. I was also told that the o2 reserve level in that area was 0.83 and that 0.75 was critical. I was wondering if anyone could help me with any answers as my drs. Are stumped as to what to do. Thanks
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kai65
replied on February 27th, 2004
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Hi,
i read your post and my 40 year old husband had been diagnosed with a myocardial bridge also and has had severe symptoms for the past 4 years he just had surgery in january to correct the problem. He was on many meds and they were not fully taking care of the symptoms in his case.
He had what is called myotemy where they released the constricted artery by dividing the heart muscle.

We have found out that it is probably genetic.

If there are any question we can help you with please let us know. We were going through the same thing as you as you, some doctors were stumped. He was in the emergency room all the time and they never heard of it or knew what to do with him. It took a long time to find out what was causing his problems.

If meds aren't working for you I would pursue checking into surgery before problems become so severe. If there is anything we can help you with please feel free to respond. We know it's hard to find other people with this problem out there.


Good luck!
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pattalanne
replied on April 1st, 2009
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I have severe symptoms with my MB
I am going through the same thing. My symptoms have gotten worse and are taking two meds. Drs don't know what to do. The surgeon doesn't want to do surgery b/c he can't be sure I will have relief post surgery.

I am looking for a doctor that has experience in this. What is the name of your dr?
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