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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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          <subject>Minieditorial</subject>
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        <article-title>Ponte Mioc&#225;rdica: Amiga, Inimiga ou Ambas?</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Parapid</surname>
            <given-names>Biljana</given-names>
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            <surname>Kanjuh</surname>
            <given-names>Vladimir I.</given-names>
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        <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Faculdade de Medicina</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade de Belgrado</institution>
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          <named-content content-type="city">Belgrado</named-content>
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        <country country="RS">S&#233;rvia</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Divis&#227;o de Cardiologia do Centro Cl&#237;nico Universit&#225;rio da S&#233;rvia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Belgrado, Belgrado &#8211; S&#233;rvia</institution>
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        <corresp id="c01"> Correspond&#234;ncia: Biljana Parapid &#8226; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine - Division of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia &#8211; Dr. Subotica 13 Belgrade Serbia 11000 &#8211; S&#233;rvia E-mail: <email>biljana_parapid@yahoo.com</email> </corresp>
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        <day>01</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2023</year>
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        <year>2023</year>
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      <volume>120</volume>
      <issue>7</issue>
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        <kwd>Ponte Mioc&#225;rdica</kwd>
        <kwd>Angina Pectoris</kwd>
        <kwd>Insufici&#234;ncia Card&#237;aca</kwd>
        <kwd>Transposi&#231;&#227;o das Grandes Art&#233;rias</kwd>
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    <p>Mencionada pela primeira vez em 1737 por Reyman como achado de aut&#243;psia,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> descrita em 1922 por Crainicianu,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> nomeada por Polacek<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> em 1956 e angiograficamente demonstrada por Portmann e Iwig<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> em 1960, a ponte mioc&#225;rdica abrange a por&#231;&#227;o tunelizada de uma art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria, enquanto a banda muscular que a envolve &#233; denominada ponte mioc&#225;rdica (PM). Uma ponte mioc&#225;rdica pode permanecer silenciosa por toda a vida ou causar uma mir&#237;ade de sintomas cl&#237;nicos &#8211; desde angina,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> e isquemia,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> passando por s&#237;ncope<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> com arritmia<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> e insufici&#234;ncia card&#237;aca<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> at&#233; morte s&#250;bita<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup> &#8211; entretanto, nem as crian&#231;as s&#227;o poupadas do quadro da cardiomiopatia hipertr&#243;fica (CMPH).<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Do ponto de vista anatomopatol&#243;gico, tr&#234;s quest&#245;es principais permanecem sem resposta: (1) As diferen&#231;as &#233;tnicas tornam alguns cantos do mundo mais suscet&#237;veis a nascer com essa anomalia cong&#234;nita da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria? (2) Quais s&#227;o as implica&#231;&#245;es de PMs &#250;nicas ou m&#250;ltiplas de vasos &#250;nicos ou m&#250;ltiplos, mesmo na aus&#234;ncia de CMPH? Al&#233;m disso, (3) Qual &#233; a carga ateroscler&#243;tica real do segmento tunelizado e periponte?</p>
    <p>Nesta edi&#231;&#227;o dos Archivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, o artigo original de Lucena et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup> nos d&#225; um vislumbre das 3 quest&#245;es n&#227;o respondidas em sua amostra local do estado brasileiro do Cear&#225;, um estado multi&#233;tnico <italic>per se</italic> , onde os autores identificaram presen&#231;a dominante de PM no sistema coronariano esquerdo com maior &#237;ndice muscular [IMM= comprimento da PM X espessura da PM (mm)] da PM do que o encontrado em outros ramos acometidos implicando pior progn&#243;stico.</p>
    <p>Globalmente, esses achados implicam que a diversidade populacional e a inclus&#227;o nas an&#225;lises sempre importam, pois os n&#250;meros continuam variando tanto na aut&#243;psia.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref></sup> quanto na angiografia.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">18</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">21</xref></sup> As PMs tendem a se localizar mais no sistema esquerdo, e Loukas et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref></sup> descobriram que &#233; dependente da domin&#226;ncia da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria em sua amostra; no entanto, PMs sobre a art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria direita tamb&#233;m s&#227;o descritas,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">22</xref></sup> enquanto presen&#231;a concomitante com valva a&#243;rtica quadric&#250;spide,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref></sup> transposi&#231;&#227;o de grandes art&#233;rias,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref></sup> hamartoma,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref></sup> Takotsubo e dissec&#231;&#227;o espont&#226;nea da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">27</xref></sup> foram recentemente relatados.</p>
    <p>Como as ferramentas de diagn&#243;stico avan&#231;aram substancialmente nas &#250;ltimas duas d&#233;cadas,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref></sup> a avalia&#231;&#227;o de pacientes PM que se apresentaram a um cardiologista permanece em fun&#231;&#227;o da log&#237;stica local<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">29</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">32</xref></sup> e da experi&#234;ncia em manejo de longo prazo. No entanto, antes de chegarmos &#224; decis&#227;o de tratamento, o quando, o onde e como as PMs se tornam amigas, inimigas ou ambas, de nossos pacientes em fun&#231;&#227;o de seu papel na aterog&#234;nese permanece o ponto central.</p>
    <p>Enquanto Matta et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">33</xref></sup> e Darabant et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">21</xref></sup> consideram a presen&#231;a de PM associada &#224; redu&#231;&#227;o do risco ateroscler&#243;tico e at&#233; mesmo protetora em seguimento de 10 anos, respectivamente, McLaughlin et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref></sup> e Lu et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">31</xref></sup> mostraram independentemente que a aterosclerose ligada &#224; PM &#233; mediada por mecanismos complexos mediados por adipog&#234;nese e angiog&#234;nese. O achado prevalente de aterosclerose proximal a PM &#233; confirmado por numerosos autores,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">19</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">34</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref></sup> confirmando diferentes influ&#234;ncias de longo prazo nos resultados.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref></sup> No entanto, com um relat&#243;rio recente perturbador de PM sendo um preditor independente de arritmia fatal em pacientes com HCMP.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">38</xref></sup> Ao mesmo tempo, naqueles livres de CMPH, Zhang et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref></sup> encontraram correla&#231;&#227;o positiva entre compress&#227;o sist&#243;lica e eventos coronarianos adversos maiores e aterosclerose proximal &#224; PM.</p>
    <p>O plano de manejo privilegia o m&#233;dico, incluindo a reabilita&#231;&#227;o f&#237;sica,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref></sup> considerando que a interven&#231;&#227;o percut&#226;nea permanece discut&#237;vel mesmo nos centros mais experientes devido a in&#250;meras complica&#231;&#245;es de curto e longo prazo, ent&#227;o a inicialmente temida abertura cir&#250;rgica oferece a solu&#231;&#227;o mais promissora e permanente.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">39</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">44</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Finalmente, como as disparidades de sexo nos cuidados continuam sendo a maldi&#231;&#227;o da cardiologia em todo o mundo e a atual falta de diferen&#231;as de sexo em relat&#243;rios de PMs onde os homens dominam, a quest&#227;o l&#243;gica parece ser se isso se deve &#224; tradicional falta de inclus&#227;o de mulheres como pacientes em ensaios e registros que continuaram apesar da pandemia de SARS-CoV2,46,47<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">45</xref></sup> ou &#233; realmente uma quest&#227;o de puro golpe de sorte gen&#233;tico que as mulheres sejam, de fato, menos afetadas. Com o objetivo de mitigar esse papel do destino e como o conceito de centros card&#237;acos para mulheres foi promovido globalmente,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">46</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">47</xref></sup> o grupo s&#233;rvio<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">48</xref></sup> tem uma cl&#237;nica dedicada &#8211; dentro de seu programa de cora&#231;&#227;o para mulheres &#8211; para mulheres diagnosticadas com PM, entre outras anomalias da art&#233;ria coron&#225;ria que endossam outras atividades de defesa do Centro do Cora&#231;&#227;o Feminino &#8220;Dr. Nanette Kass Wenger&#8221; e ajudam a construir registros internacionais com o objetivo de preencher a lacuna do sexo &#8211; disparidades nos cuidados cardiovasculares. Se transformar inimigos em amigos-inimigos e amigos-inimigos em amigos em tempo integral continua sendo um desafio di&#225;rio para todos os seres vivos na Terra, pelo menos n&#227;o deveria ser o caso com diagn&#243;sticos facilmente detect&#225;veis e suas complica&#231;&#245;es previs&#237;veis e evit&#225;veis com risco de vida no s&#233;culo XXI.</p>
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        <article-title>Myocardial Bridge: Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy?</article-title>
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        <corresp id="c01001">Mailng Address: Biljana Parapid &#8226; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine - Division of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of Serbia &#8211; Dr. Subotica 13 Belgrade Serbia 11000 &#8211; Serbia E-mail: biljana_parapid@yahoo.com</corresp>
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      <p>First mentioned in 1737 by Reyman as an autopsy finding,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup> described in 1922 by Crainicianu,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> named by Polacek<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup> in 1956, and angiographically shown by Portmann and Iwig<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> in 1960, myocardial bridging encompasses the tunneled portion of a coronary artery, while the muscle band enveloping it is termed the myocardial bridge (MB). A myocardial bridge may remain silent lifelong or cause a myriad of clinical symptoms &#8211; from angina<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref></sup> and ischemia,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> via syncope<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> with arrhythmia<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> and heart failure<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup> up to sudden death<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">11</xref></sup> &#8211; however, not even children are spared irrelevant of the setting of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP).<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">12</xref></sup></p>
      <p>From the mainly pathoanatomical standpoint, three main questions remain unanswered: (1) do ethnic differences render some corners of the world more susceptible to being born with this congenital coronary artery anomaly? (2) what are the implications of single or multiple MBs of single or multiple vessels even in the absence of HCMP? Furthermore, (3) what is the real atherosclerotic burden of the tunneled and peri-bridged segment?</p>
      <p>In this issue of the <italic>Archivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</italic> , the original paper of Lucena et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">13</xref></sup> gives us a glimpse into the 3 unanswered questions in their local sample of the Brazilian state of Cear&#225;, a multi-ethnic one <italic>per se</italic> , where authors identified dominant presence of MBs in the left coronary system with a larger muscle index [MMI= MB&#8217;s length X MB&#8217;s thickness (mm)] of the MB than one found in other affected branches implying worse prognosis.</p>
      <p>Globally, these findings imply that population diversity and inclusion in analyses always matter, as numbers keep varying both on autopsy<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref></sup> and angiogram.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">18</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">21</xref></sup> MBs tend to be localized more in the left system, and Loukas et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">15</xref></sup> found it to be coronary artery dominance-dependent in their sample; however, MBs over the right coronary artery are also described,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">22</xref></sup> while concomitant presence with a quadricuspid aortic valve,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">23</xref></sup> transposition of great arteries,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">24</xref></sup> hamartoma,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">25</xref></sup> Takotsubo and spontaneous coronary artery dissection<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">26</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">27</xref></sup> have recently been reported.</p>
      <p>As diagnostic tools have advanced substantially over the past two decades,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref></sup> evaluation of MB-patients who presented to a cardiologist remains in the function of local logistics<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">17</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">29</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">32</xref></sup> and experience in long-term management. However, before we reach the management decision, the when, the where, and the how MBs turn into a friend, enemy, or frenemy of our patients in the function of their role in atherogenesis remains the pivotal point.</p>
      <p>While Matta et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">33</xref></sup> and Darabant et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">21</xref></sup> find the presence of MB to be associated with atherosclerotic risk reduction and even protective in a 10-year follow-up, respectively, McLaughlin et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">30</xref></sup> and Lu et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">31</xref></sup> independently showed MB-linked atherosclerosis to be mediated via complex adipogenesis and angiogenesis-mediated mechanisms. The prevalent finding of proximal to MB atherosclerosis is confirmed by numerous authors,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">14</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">19</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">34</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref></sup> confirming different long-term influences on outcomes.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">20</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">37</xref></sup> However, with one disturbing recent report of MB being an independent predictor of fatal arrhythmia in patients with HCMP.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">38</xref></sup> At the same time, in those free of HCMP, Zhang et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">36</xref></sup> found a positive correlation between systolic compression and major adverse coronary events and proximal to MB atherosclerosis.</p>
      <p>The management plan favors medical one, including physical rehabilitation,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">28</xref></sup> whereas the percutaneous intervention remains debatable even in most experienced centers due to numerous short- and long-term complications, so the initially dreaded surgical unroofing gives the most promising and permanent solution.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B39">39</xref> - <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B44">44</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Finally, as sex disparities in care remain the bane of cardiology worldwide and the current lack of sex differences in reports of MBs where men dominate, the logical question seems to be whether it is due to the traditional lack of inclusion of women as patients in trials and registries that continued despite the SARS-CoV2 pandemic<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B45">45</xref></sup> or is it truly a matter of pure genetic <italic>coup de chance</italic> that women are, indeed, less affected. Aiming to mitigate that role of fate and as the concept of heart centers for women has been promoted globally,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B46">46</xref> , <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B47">47</xref></sup> the Serbian group<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B48">48</xref></sup> has a dedicated clinic &#8211; within its women&#8217;s heart program &#8211; for women diagnosed with an MB, among other coronary artery anomalies that endorse other &#8220;Dr. Nanette Kass Wenger&#8221; Women&#8217;s Heart Center advocacy activities and helps build international registries aiming to fill the gap of sex-disparities in cardiovascular care. If turning enemies into frenemies and frenemies into full-time friends remains a daily challenge for every living being on Earth, then at least it should not be the case with easily detectable diagnoses and their foreseeable and preventable life-threatening complications in the 21<sup>st</sup>century.</p>
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