背景:心肌桥在很大程度上被认为是良性的,冠状动脉的无症状先天性异常,其中心肌内冠状动脉过程部分“隧道化”并导致心室收缩期间血管受压。关于儿童的数据很少。目的:报告在儿科急诊室寻求医疗帮助的儿童中观察到的心肌桥。病例介绍:据报道,四名年龄在6-13岁之间的儿童有症状心肌桥,但没有其他潜在的心脏异常。他们在2013-2016年期间被送往儿科急诊科,其中三人在体育锻炼后出现胸痛,一人出现感染性休克。结果:前3例的心脏计算机断层扫描显示左前下冠状动脉分支的心肌桥;他们的2年随访顺利。第四例患者在入院后24小时出现心室纤颤,尸检时左前下冠状动脉上有一条4厘米长的心内膜束。结论:该病例系列表明,心肌桥在没有潜在心脏疾病的儿童中可能是有症状的,应包括在劳力性胸痛和/或心律失常的鉴别诊断中。缩写:CRP,C反应蛋白;CT,计算机断层扫描;D1,斜1动脉;心电图,心电图;ED,急诊科;KD,川崎病;LAD,左冠状动脉前降支;MB,心肌桥;RI,中支动脉;TN,肌钙蛋白.
Background: Myocardial bridging is largely considered to be a benign, symptomless congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries in which the intramyocardial coronary course is partially \'tunnelled\' and leads to vessel compression during ventricular systole. There are few data regarding children.Objective: To report on myocardial bridging observed in children seeking medical help in the paediatric emergency room.Case presentation: A series of four children aged 6-13 years with symptomatic myocardial bridging but no other underlying cardiac abnormalities is reported. They were admitted to the paediatric emergency department during 2013-2016, three with chest pain after physical activity and one with septic shock.Results: Heart computed tomography scan in the first three demonstrated myocardial bridging of the left anterior descendent coronary artery\'s branches; their 2-year follow-up was uneventful. The fourth patient presented with ventricular fibrillation 24 hours after admission and at autopsy there was an intramyocardial tract 4 cm long on the left anterior descendent coronary artery.Conclusions: This
case series demonstrates that myocardial bridging can be symptomatic in children with no underlying cardiac disorders and should be included in the differential diagnosis of exertional chest pain and/or arrhythmias.Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; CT, computed tomography; D1, diagonal 1 artery; ECG, electrocardiogram; ED, emergency department; KD, Kawasaki disease; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; MB, myocardial bridging; RI, ramus intermedius artery; TN, troponin.