stunned myocardium
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Related to stunned myocardium: Myocardial stunning, Hibernating myocardium
stunned my·o·car·di·um
impaired myocardial contractile performance following a period of ischemia and ultimately reversible.
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'stunned' myocardium
Transient–hrs to days in duration postischemic contraction defects that follow myocardial reperfusion in acute MI. Cf Hibernating myocardium.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.