Fig. 2.

Multiplanar reconstructed image of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Diagram illustrating plaque location in the LAD in patient with myocardial bridge. At the segment adjacent to the myocardial bridge, retrograde coronary blood flow occurs at the systole and the endothelial cells are exposed to atherogenic low oscillatory shear stress (left panel). On the right, the corresponding region of the plaque location (myocardial bridging effect). The intramyocardial segment of the coronary artery is free of plaques

LAD – left anterior descending artery, OSS – oscillatory shear stress, MB – myocardial bridge