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.

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Noninvasive quantification of the contractile reserve of stunned myocardium by ultrasonic strain rate and strain.

Assessment of the regional myocardial deformation changes and viability in anterior acute myocardial infarction patients by strain and strain rate imaging/ Anteriyor akut miyokart enfarktuslu hastalarda bolgesel miyokardiyal deformasyon degisiklikleri ve canliligin gerilme ve gerilme orani goruntulemesi ile degerlendirilmesi

Because patients with hibernating or stunned myocardium can benefit from coronary angioplasty and coronary bypass graft procedures, it is important to differentiate between nonreversible necrosis and potentially viable myocardium.

[24.] Hibernating and stunned myocardium. Available at: http://www.medstudents.com.br/basic/cardfs /cardfst.htm.

Positron Emission Tomography

Miwa, "Neurogenic stunned myocardium associated with status epileptics and postictal catecholamine surge," Internal Medicine, vol.

Lee, "Neurogenic stunned myocardium associated with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome," Neurocritical Care, vol.

Seizure Associated Takotsubo Syndrome: A Rare Combination

Levosimendan has the potential to reverse myocardial depression induced by acidosis in the stunned myocardium because of its mode of action on the myofilaments (128).

Inoprotection: the perioperative role of levosimendan

For comparison, human recombinant intact [cTnI.sub.1-209] and [cTnI.sub.1-192] [the primary cTnI degradation products observed in stunned myocardium from isolated rat hearts (4, 12, 13)] in human serum were resolved alongside each patient's samples.