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Volume 349:2466 December 18, 2003 Number 25
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Myocardial Bridging

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To the Editor: The Images in Clinical Medicine in the September 11 issue,1 showing a contrast-enhanced electron-beam computed tomographic (EBCT) study of a heart with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery, contains an error. Panel A does not show a right anterior oblique view, nor does Panel B represent a left anterior oblique projection, as stated. The orientation and presentation of cardiac angiographic images have developed according to widely accepted radiographic principles,2 and these are also applicable to the imaging techniques developed more recently, such as two-dimensional echocardiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging.

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