Evaluation of association of myocardial bridge in the left anterior descending coronary with coronary atherosclerosis (stenosis > 50%) in the segment proximal to the site of bridge on coronary cta in hypertension subjects

Abstract

To investigate whether myocardial bridging (MB) is an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis (stenosis > 50%) proximal to MB in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in subjects with hypertension identified by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). From March 2011 to December 2012, Patients with suspected coronary disease underwent CCTA using dual-source CT scanner. The baseline clinical characteristics (age, gender, smoking history, presence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, family history of heart attack and body mass index (BMI) ) and the results of CCTA were reviewed. Two radiologists evaluated the MB and more than 50% coronary atherosclerosis stenosis (CAS) in LAD and made a diagnosis by consensus. Significant independent risk factors for more than 50% CAS were investigated by Logistic regression analysis. All tests were two-tailed, the significance threshold was P value less than 0.05. The study included 9 862 patients, including 5 292 cases of patients with hypertension (MB in LAD 2 139 cases, more than 50% CAS proximal to MB 1 240 cases; no MB in 3 153 cases, more than 50% CAS in counterpart segment proximal to MB 898 cases); 4 570 cases of non-hypertensive patients (MB in LAD 1 043 cases, more than 50% CAS proximal to MB 418; no MB 3 527 cases, more than 50% CAS in counterpart segment proximal to MB 803 cases). After adjusted for clinical data, Logistic regression analysis showed that MB in LAD were significantly associated with CAS proximal to MB in LAD in hypertension and no hypertension subjects (OR, 3.17, 2.02, respectively, P < 0.05). MB in the LAD is an independent risk factor for more than 50% CAS in the proximal LAD in subjects with or without hypertension, and the OR of MB in subjects with hypertension is higher than that of MB in subjects without hypertension.