We wanted to review the various MDCT findings of myocardial bridging (MB) and we analyzed the correlation of the symptoms with the degree of diastolic compression of the coronary segments with MB.

We retrospectively reviewed 1,588 consecutive patients who were referred for coronary MDCT angiography between March 4, 2005, and January 31, 2008. Of the 1,588 patients, 85 patients with MB in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) were included in this study. 16-slice and 64-slice CT scanners were used. Multiplanar reformation, maximal intensity projection, 3-dimensional reconstruction images were used for evaluating MB. We recorded the involved segments, the depth and length of the MB and we compared the CTA findings with the symptoms and those findings of ECG and conventional coronary angiography.

Of the 85 patients, myocardial ischemia or infarction was detected in 26 patients, atypical chest pain was detected in 2, and no symptoms were detected in 38. The MB was mostly seen in the LAD mid segment in 92%, 85% and 82% of each symptom group. We found no difference in the prevalence of atypical chest pain when comparing the length of the involved segments (p = 0.08) and the depth of the buried segments (p = 0.59).

MBs are mostly seen in the LAD mid segments and the combined chest pain does not correlate with the length and depth of the involved segments.