Congenital morphological patterns of myocardial bridges - 27/05/23

Doi : 10.1016/j.morpho.2023.05.002

Renato Rissi ^a,^b,⁎ , Daniel Gregório Gonsalves ^a, Maria Julia Marques ^b, Humberto Santo Neto ^b
^a Medical School, Padre Albino University Center (FAMECA-UNIFIPA), rua dos Estudantes, 225, Catanduva, 15.809-144 São Paulo, Brazil
^b Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

^⁎Corresponding author.

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Highlights

•	Myocardial bridges are naturally congenital.
•	Myocardial bridges are related to the trifurcation of the left coronary artery.
•	Myocardial bridges are related to a pre-bridge arterial branch.
•	The coronary dominance is not related to the presence of myocardial bridging.

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Summary

Background

Myocardial bridging (MB) is a coronary anomaly in which a segment of the coronary artery is overlapped by a layer of myocardial tissue. Nowadays, there is no scientific agreement on if the MB are congenital or acquired or on the factors that determine their presence and/or absence.

Objective

This study is performed to analyze the anatomical characteristics of adult and children's hearts regarding the shape of the left coronary artery branching, presence of pre-bridge arterial branch, coronary dominance and its correlations to MB formation.

Methods

We analyzed 240 adults heart specimens and 63 children's specimens. The frequency of the myocardial bridges (MB) occurrence was performed through observational study of the anatomical specimens. The shape of the left coronary artery (LCA) branching, presence of pre-bridge arterial branch (PBB) and coronary dominance was determined superficial dissection of the epicardial adipose tissue and careful evaluation of the hearts.

Results

A relation between the trifurcated pattern of the LCA and the presence of MB (P<0.0001, odds ratio=3.74) was found in adults heart and in children's hearts (P=0.003, odds ratio=16.0), as well as a relation between the presence of PBB and the presence of MB in adult hearts (P<0.0001) and children's hearts (P<0.0001).

Conclusion

Our findings suggest for the first time that the myocardial bridges are related to the presence of trifurcation of the left coronary artery and the pre-bridge arterial branch in adult and children's hearts.

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Keywords : Anatomy, Myocardial bridging, Coronary vessels, Coronary disease, Coronary circulation