My husband is 45 healthy in good shape very athletic. He just found out he has a myocardial bridge, he had no symptoms. It was discovered due to low heart rate during a yearly physical. Cardiologist said there was no clogging everything looked good he just had  a myocardial bridge. Recommended a aspirin  a day and Pravastatin 20mg for prevention only Dr says that this medication helps with inflammation. Is there anything natural that can be taken, he does not want to take a statin drug.Is this medication needed? Thanks Rose
HelloThanks for posting here. Usually the arteries of the heart are located on its surface. Sometimes they may pierce the heart muscle and pass through it. Because if this, when the heart contracts, the artery also gets compressed. This is called myocardial bridge. It implies that there is no clot or blockage in the artery, but it gets compressed by muscle contractions. So they do not cause any harm to the patient. Since he is 45, your doctor has started him on aspirin and statin. If the lipid profile is normal, LDL less than 100, and his other arteries show no blocks then he can be kept off statins. But statins are very beneficial Chat Doctor.  So I suggest continuing taking them. Regards.