Canadian Medical Guide > Diseases > Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Myocardial Ischemia > Myocardial Infarction > Myocardial Stunning Terms and Definitions
Myocardial Stunning
Medical Definition: | Prolonged dysfunction of the myocardium after a brief episode of severe ischemia, with gradual return of contractile activity. It occurs frequently, both in the experimental laboratory and in clinical medicine. Since stunned myocardium occurs adjacent to necrotic tissue after prolonged coronary occlusion, many myocardial infarcts may be a mixture of necrotic and stunned tissue. (Braunwald, Heart Disease, 1992, p1176) |
Guide Notes: | a type of myocardial ischemia, often caused by myocardial reperfusion |
Also Called: | Stunned Myocardium,Hibernation, Myocardial |
Previously Indexed: | Myocardial Contraction (1984-1993),Myocardial Reperfusion (1989-1993),Myocardial Reperfusion Injury (1989-1993) |
Myocardial Stunning Medical Definitions and Terms
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