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Question:

Is it normal to do a bypass and remove a myocardial bridge at the same time?

Is it normal to do a bypass using the mammary artery at the same time that they are going to remove the bridge for a myocardial bridge that has given a 24-year-old patient trouble for years? Meds no longer work for the chest pain. She has tried everything and had every test there is to have. 

submitted by Jo Ann from Seattle, Washington on 3/16/10

Answer:

by Texas Heart Institute surgeon, Denton A. Cooley, MD

It is not unreasonable for these two surgical procedures to be performed in the same operation.

See also on this site: 

• Coronary Artery Bypass
• Myocardial Bridge
• Heart Information Center

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Updated March 2010