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Myocardial Stunning
Author(s) -
Hess Michael L.,
Kukreja Rakesh C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.1994.9.3s.382
Subject(s) - stunning , myocardial stunning , medicine , cardiology , myocardial reperfusion , myocardial reperfusion injury , ischemia , myocardial ischemia , reperfusion injury
Myocardiai stunning is a mechanical dysfunction that persists after reperfusion of previously ischemic tissue in the absence of irreversible damage including myocardial necrosis. Myocardial stunning is an unfavorable phenomenon that is manifest during reperfusion and is caused mostly by events associated with reperfusion. This dysfunction and the accompanying contractile abnormalities delay the benefits of reperfusion therapy.