Does the myocardial bridge protect the coronary from atherosclerosis?
If the observed subject was older, the atherosclerotic changes were more prominent and severe in the short rather than in the long dual LAD. The protective role of the myocardial bridge has been established more accurately than has been found in other studies; however, this didn't mean that atherosclerosis was absent in intramyocardial course of coronary artery, but it was less prominent.
Reverse signals initiated by CD137L negatively modulate certain immune functions of thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages.