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Death Due to Myocardial Bridging

Authors

M.NUMAN URAL  FILIZ EREN  N.ESRA SAKA  NURSEL TÜRKMEN INANIR  BÜLENT EREN  VOJTÍŠEK Tomáš MURAT SERDAR GÜRSES 

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source MAEDICA - a Journal of Clinicla Medicine
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Keywords bridging, death, autopsy
Description Myocardial bridging is a congenital coronary pathology described as a segment of coronary artery which courses through the myocardial wall beneath the muscle bridge. Although the myocardial bridging prognosis is benign, have been also reported sudden death in medical literature. ¬A 30-year-old married woman was found dead at her home. After local prosecutors’ investigation the death was declared as suspicious and forensic autopsy was obliged. The left anterior descending coronary artery was detected embedded deeply in the myocardium 2 cm from its coronary ostial origin. There were no other pathology to explain death. We analyzed sudden death case occurred because of myocardial bridging and the pathophysiological mechanisms in the light of medico-legal literature.

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