| stunned myocardium |
If blood flow is returned to an area of heart muscle after a period of ischemia (lack of blood supply), the heart muscle may not pump normally for a period of days following the event. This is called "stunned" heart muscle or myocardium.
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| stunned m. |
see myocardial stunning, under stunning.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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